The Karate Kid Quotes

The Karate Kid is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . The Karate Kid stopped airing in 1970.

It features Jerry Weintraub as producer, Bill Conti in charge of musical score, and James Crabe as head of cinematography.

The Karate Kid is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Karate Kid is 127 minutes long. The Karate Kid is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The cast includes: Ralph Macchio as Daniel, Pat Morita as Miyagi, Martin Kove as Kreese, Rob Garrison as Tommy, Elisabeth Shue as Ali, William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Randee Heller as Lucille Larusso, Ron Thomas as Bobby, Elisabeth Shue as Ali Mills, Juli Fields as Susan, and Chad McQueen as Dutch.

The Karate Kid Quotes

Ralph Macchio as Daniel

• (Ralph Macchio) "This damn bike. I hate this bike. I hate this frickin' bike. Stupid bike."
• (Randee Heller) "Daniel. What's the matter? Why did you throw your bike away?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Because I felt like it."
• (Randee Heller) "Please look at me when I'm talking to you."
• (Randee Heller) "Oh my god."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Mom."
• (Randee Heller) "Can you tell me what's going on and don't tell me about another bike accident?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "What do you want to hear mom?"
• (Randee Heller) "I want to hear the truth."
• (Ralph Macchio) "No you don't want to hear the truth. All you want to hear about is how great it is. Well it may be great for you but it SUCKS for me. I hate this place. I HATE IT. I just want to go home. Why can't we just go home?"
• (Randee Heller) "Listen to me. I cannot help you unless you talk to me"
• (Ralph Macchio) "I gotta take karate. That's it."
• (Randee Heller) "You took karate."
• (Ralph Macchio) "No, not at the Y. At a good school."
• (Randee Heller) "But fighting doesn't solve anything Daniel."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah well neither does palm trees mom."
• (Randee Heller) "That's not fair."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Like it was fair coming over here without asking me how I felt about it. Right, that was real fair."
• (Randee Heller) "You're right. I should've asked."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Well I just want to go home. That's it. I don't understand the rules here and I just want to go home."
• (Randee Heller) "Let's clean you up and maybe we can figure the rules out together. What about your bike?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "It's safer taking a bus."

• (Official) "Hold it."
• (Official) "Sorry, teachers and students only."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh, well, uh -- he doesn't speak English and, uh, I can't understand his instructions without her. She's his, uh, translator."
• (Official) "What did he say?"
• (Elisabeth Shue) "He says that, uh, you remind him of an uncle he has back in Tokyo."
• (Official) "I guess it's okay."
• (Official) "What?"
• (Elisabeth Shue) "He says you're very kind."
• (Official) "Thank you."
• (Pat Morita) "Welcome."

• (Ralph Macchio) "No offense, Mr. Miyaji, but I don't think you understand my problem --"
• (Pat Morita) "Mi -- ya -- gi understand problem perfect."

• (Ralph Macchio) "When am I gonna learn how to punch?"
• (Pat Morita) "Learn how punch, after you learn how keep dry."

• (Ralph Macchio) "I'm not by myself. I'm with you."
• (Pat Morita) "To make honey, young bee need young flower, not old prune."

• (Ralph Macchio) "Why didn't you tell me?"
• (Pat Morita) "Tell what?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "That you knew karate."
• (Pat Morita) "You not ask."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Well, where'd you learn it?"
• (Pat Morita) "Father."
• (Ralph Macchio) "But I thought he was a fisherman."
• (Pat Morita) "In Okinawa, all Miyagi know two things: fish and karate."

• (Ralph Macchio) "All right, so what are the rules here?"
• (Pat Morita) "Don't know. First time you, first time me."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Well, I figured you knew about this stuff. I figured you went to these before. Oh great, I'm dead. I am dead. You told me you fought a lot."
• (Pat Morita) "For life, not for points."

• (Ralph Macchio) "What's the matter? The truth hurt?"
• (Elisabeth Shue) "So you really think that's it?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "I know it is."
• (Elisabeth Shue) "Yeah well, you're wrong."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh, you bet I'm wrong."
• (Elisabeth Shue) "You know Daniel, I didn't go out with you because of a car or where you live."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Okay, since we're on the subject, why did you?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Huh? Why did you?"
• (Elisabeth Shue) "I thought maybe you and me we're different."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh yeah, I'm from Reseda, you're from the hills, that's how we're different."
• (Elisabeth Shue) "Oh, shut up."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Admit that you just can't handle the situation the way it is."
• (Elisabeth Shue) "You know I can handle it fine. But you can't."
• (Juli Fields) "What makes you so sensitive? She's never been anything but nice to you."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah she even used to me to make what's-his-name jealous."
• (Juli Fields) "She doesn't even like what's-his-name."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah I couldn't really tell, by the way their faces we're stuck together at that country club."
• (Juli Fields) "Oh, that's right. You didn't stick around for the um -- exciting conclusion."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh what was that? His hand on her ass?"
• (Juli Fields) "Her right hook, you think she sprained her wrists doing her nails?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "She hit him?"
• (Juli Fields) "An understatement."
• (Ralph Macchio) "I don't get it, why didn't she say something?"
• (Juli Fields) "She shouldn't have to? Should she?"

• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, you got a name?"
• (Elisabeth Shue) "Ali -- with an I. Hey, what's your name?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Daniel -- with an L."

• (Ralph Macchio) "You're the best friend I've ever had."
• (Pat Morita) "You -- pretty okay, too."

• (Ralph Macchio) "I don't know if I know enough karate."
• (Pat Morita) "Feeling correct."
• (Ralph Macchio) "You sure know how to make a guy feel confident."
• (Pat Morita) "You trust the quality of what you know, not quantity."

• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, where did these old cars come from?"
• (Pat Morita) "Detroit."

• (Ralph Macchio) "When do I learn how to punch?"
• (Pat Morita) "Better learn balance. Balance is key. Balance good, karate good. Everything good. Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?"

• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, what kind of belt do you have?"
• (Pat Morita) "Canvas. JC Penney, $3.98. You like?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "No, I meant --"
• (Pat Morita) "In Okinawa, belt mean no need rope to hold up pants."
• (Pat Morita) "Daniel-san --"
• (Pat Morita) "Karate here."
• (Pat Morita) "Karate here."
• (Pat Morita) "Karate never here. Understand?"

• (Ralph Macchio) "Whoa, look at that slide."
• (Elisabeth Shue) "Oh yeah, we'll do that next time."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Why next time?"
• (Elisabeth Shue) "Because we didn't bring a bathing suit."

• (Ralph Macchio) "How did you do that? How did you do that?"
• (Pat Morita) "Don't know. First time."

• (Ralph Macchio) "This school sucks, man. Sucks."

• (Ralph Macchio) "I can't believe this. I cannot believe this."
• (Pat Morita) "What?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "What you just got me into in there."
• (Pat Morita) "Huh?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "You said you were going to make things better for me."
• (Pat Morita) "But I did."
• (Ralph Macchio) "How?"
• (Pat Morita) "How? Just saved you two months beating."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh great now I really have something to look forward to."

• (Ralph Macchio) "Where am I, this ring over here?"
• (Pat Morita) "Hai. Number three."
• (Ralph Macchio) "What's that guy kneeling like that for?"
• (Pat Morita) "Don't know."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Don't you know anything you can tell me?"
• (Pat Morita) "Hai. No get hit."

• (Ralph Macchio) "-- She's pretty cute -- I think she's pretty cute --"

• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey; you ever get into fights when you were a kid?"
• (Pat Morita) "Huh; plenty."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah, but it wasn't like the problem I have, right?"
• (Pat Morita) "Why? Fighting fighting. Same same."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah, but you knew karate."
• (Pat Morita) "Someone always know more."
• (Ralph Macchio) "You mean there were times when you were scared to fight?"
• (Pat Morita) "Always scare. Miyagi hate fighting."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah, but you like karate."
• (Pat Morita) "So?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "So, karate's fighting. You train to fight."
• (Pat Morita) "That what you think?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "No."
• (Pat Morita) "Then why train?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "So I won't have to fight."
• (Pat Morita) "Miyagi have hope for you."

• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem."
• (Pat Morita) "Now use head for something other than target."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, I was just kidding about that."
• (Pat Morita) "Why kidding?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Because I'd get killed if I go down there."
• (Pat Morita) "Get killed anyway."

• (Ralph Macchio) "Wouldn't a fly swatter be easier?"
• (Pat Morita) "Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Ever catch one?"
• (Pat Morita) "Not yet."

Pat Morita as Miyagi

• (Pat Morita) "Wax on -- wax off. Wax on -- wax off."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Is that all?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Never had karate training like this before; sure wish I knew how it worked."
• (Pat Morita) "You find out, Daniel-san; just give time. And no forget breathe. In through nose, out through mouth; very important."
• (Ralph Macchio) "At least I got something to look forward to."
• (Pat Morita) "Always much look forward to. Come; less chit-chat, more wax, more breathe --. Very good, Daniel-san."

• (Pat Morita) "Go outside. Something show you."
• (Ralph Macchio) "What?"
• (Pat Morita) "Number two present."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Number two present? You don't have to give me anything. You've given me enough already."
• (Ralph Macchio) "No really, I'm serious."
• (Pat Morita) "Choose."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh, no --"
• (Pat Morita) "Hai. Hurt old man feeling."
• (Pat Morita) "Choose."

• (Pat Morita) "First, wash all car. Then wax. Wax on --"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, why do I have to?"
• (Pat Morita) "Ah ah. Remember deal. No questions."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah, but --"
• (Pat Morita) "Hai."
• (Pat Morita) "Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important."
• (Pat Morita) "Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off."

• (Pat Morita) "Your friend, all karate student, eh?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys."
• (Pat Morita) "Problem: attitude."
• (Ralph Macchio) "No the problem is, I'm getting my ass kicked every other day, that's the problem."
• (Pat Morita) "Hai, because boys have bad attitude. Karate for defense only."
• (Ralph Macchio) "That's not what these guys are taught."
• (Pat Morita) "Hai; can see. No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem."
• (Pat Morita) "Now use head for something other than target."

• (Pat Morita) "We make sacred pact. I promise teach karate to you, you promise learn. I say, you do, no questions."

• (Pat Morita) "Oh, Daniel-san. You all wet behind ear."

• (Pat Morita) "Daniel-san. Huh? Look, look. Hai, hai. Heh heh heh. First American-born Miyagi waiting to be born."
• (Pat Morita) "Drink, drink."
• (Pat Morita) ""Sergeant Miyagi.""
• (Pat Morita) "Yes, sir. Sergeant Miyagi report to kill many jerry Germans, sir."
• (Pat Morita) "Sergeant Miyagi."
• (Pat Morita) "Yes, sir.""
• (Pat Morita) "Regret to inform -- wife have --"
• (Pat Morita) "Complications at birth, sir. Complications. But no doctor come."
• (Pat Morita) "Land of Free, Home of Brave."
• (Pat Morita) "No doctor come. No doctor come."

• (Pat Morita) "Look eye., always look eye."

• (Pat Morita) "Ah, Daniel-san, come inside. Come inside."

• (Pat Morita) "Just remember, license never replace eye, ear, and brain."
• (Pat Morita) "What matter?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "I'm just scared. The tournament and everything."
• (Pat Morita) "You remember lesson about balance?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah."
• (Pat Morita) "Lesson not just karate only. Lesson for whole life. Whole life have a balance. Everything be better. Understand?"

• (Pat Morita) "Banzai."
• (Ralph Macchio) "To baby trees."
• (Pat Morita) "Not bonsai, BANZAI."

• (Pat Morita) "Daniel-san. Secret to punch, make the power of whole body fit inside one inch, here."
• (Pat Morita) "Power, whole body, one inch, here. Now, punch. Hard."
• (Pat Morita) "What'sa matter, you some kind of girl or something?"
• (Pat Morita) "Punch. Drive a punch. Not just arm, whole body. Hip, leg, drive a punch. Make "kiai." Kiai. Kiai. Give you power. Now, try punch."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Kiai."
• (Pat Morita) "Once more."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Kiai."
• (Pat Morita) "Once more."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Kiai."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Kiai."
• (Pat Morita) "Very good, Daniel-san."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Kiai. Kiai."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, pretty good, huh? Kiai."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, look at this, Miyagi. Kiai."
• (Pat Morita) "Matte- mat-matte."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Kiai. Kiai."
• (Pat Morita) "Wait-wait, Daniel-san."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Kiai. Kiai."
• (Pat Morita) "Ch-ch-ch-chotto"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, what do you think, Mr. Miyagi, huh?"
• (Pat Morita) "I tell you what Miyagi think. I think you dance around too much. I think you talk too much. I think you not concentrate enough. Lots of work to be done. Tournament just around the corner. Come. Stand up. Now, ready. Concentrate. Focus power."

• (Pat Morita) "Go, find balance."
• (Pat Morita) "Banzai, Daniel-san."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Hey, banzai."
• (Pat Morita) "Banzai."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Banzai."
• (Pat Morita) "Banzai."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Banzai."

• (Pat Morita) "Excuse me, please. Boy cold. Must leave. Kindly remove bottles."
• (Yahoo at Beach) "Kindly do it yourself, Mr. Moto."

• (Pat Morita) "Make block. Left, right. Up, down. Side, side. Breathe in, breathe out. And no scare fish."

• (Pat Morita) "Karate come from China, sixteenth century, called te, "hand." Hundred year later, Miyagi ancestor bring to Okinawa, call kara -te, "empty hand.""
• (Ralph Macchio) "I thought it came from Buddhist temples and stuff like that."
• (Pat Morita) "You too much TV."

• (Pat Morita) "Oh, miss spot."
• (Ralph Macchio) "What spot? Hey, how come you didn't tell me you were goin' fishing?"
• (Pat Morita) "You not here when I go."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Well, maybe I wanted to go, you ever think of that?"
• (Pat Morita) "You karate training."
• (Ralph Macchio) "I'm what ? I'm bein' your god**** slave is what I'm bein' here man, now c'mon we made a deal here."
• (Pat Morita) "So?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "So? So, you're supposed to teach and I'm supposed to learn. For 4 days I've been bustin' my ass, and haven't learned a god**** thing."
• (Pat Morita) "You learn plenty."
• (Ralph Macchio) "I learn plenty, yeah, I learned how to sand your decks maybe. I washed your car, paint your house, paint your fence. I learn plenty."
• (Pat Morita) "Ah, not everything is as seems --"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Oh, bulls***. I'm goin' home, man."
• (Pat Morita) "Daniel-san. Daniel-san."
• (Ralph Macchio) "What?"
• (Pat Morita) "Come here."

Martin Kove as Kreese

• (Martin Kove) "Class, we have visitors. Fall in behind me. Hai."
• (Martin Kove) "I hear you jumped some of my students last night."
• (Pat Morita) "Afraid facts mixed up."
• (Martin Kove) "You calling Mr. Lawrence a liar?"
• (Pat Morita) "No call no one nothing."
• (Martin Kove) "What are you here for, old man?"
• (Pat Morita) "Come ask leave boy alone."
• (Martin Kove) "What's the matter, the boy can't take care of his own problems?"
• (Pat Morita) "One to one problem, yes. FIVE to one problem, too much ask anyone."
• (Martin Kove) "Is that what's bothering you? The odds? Well, we can fix that. Feel like matching, Mr. Lawrence?"
• (William Zabka) "Yes, sensei."
• (Pat Morita) "No more fighting."
• (Martin Kove) "This is a karate dojo, not a knitting class. You don't come into my dojo, drop a challenge and leave, old man. Now you get your boy on the mat, or you and I will have a major problem."
• (Pat Morita) "Too much advantage. Your dojo."
• (Martin Kove) "Name a place."
• (Pat Morita) "Tournament."
• (Martin Kove) "You've got real nerve, old man. Real nerve. But I think we can accomodate you. Can't we, Mr. Lawrence?"
• (William Zabka) "Yes, sensei."
• (Martin Kove) "Fall in."
• (Pat Morita) "Ask one more small request."
• (Martin Kove) "Make it fast."
• (Pat Morita) "Ask leave boy alone to train."
• (Martin Kove) "You're a pushy little bastard, ain't ya? But I like that. I like that. All right. No one touches the prima donna until the tournament. Is that understood?"
• (Martin Kove) "But if you don't show, it's open season on him -- and you."

• (Martin Kove) "We do not train to be merciful here. Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: A man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy."
• (Martin Kove) "What is the problem Mr. Lawrence?"

• (Martin Kove) "Finish him."

• (Martin Kove) "Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?"
• (Unnamed) "NO, SENSEI."
• (Martin Kove) "Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?"
• (Unnamed) "NO, SENSEI."
• (Martin Kove) "Defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it?"
• (Unnamed) "NO, SENSEI."

• (Martin Kove) "Sweep the leg."
• (Martin Kove) "Do you have a problem with that?"
• (William Zabka) "No, Sensei."
• (Martin Kove) "No mercy."

• (Martin Kove) "Bobby; I want him out of commission."
• (Ron Thomas) "But Sensei, I can beat this guy."
• (Martin Kove) "I don't want him beat."
• (Ron Thomas) "But I'll be disqualified."
• (Martin Kove) "Out of commission."

Rob Garrison as Tommy

• (Rob Garrison) "Must be take a worm for a walk week."

• (Rob Garrison) "Get him a body bag. Yeah."

Randee Heller as Lucille Larusso

• (Randee Heller) "-- This says I won't hold anybody responsible if you're injured. Are you NUTS?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Mom, I've gotta do this."
• (Randee Heller) "Do WHAT? Get KILLED?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Nobody gets hurt, Ma."
• (Randee Heller) "Then why do I have to sign anything?"
• (Randee Heller) "Good night, Daniel."

• (Randee Heller) "Look at those palm trees. Damn. You know what that means?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Yeah. Watch out for falling coconuts."

• (Randee Heller) "This is it. This is the end of the line."
• (Ralph Macchio) "You're telling me."

William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence

• (Ring Announcer) "THE NEW CHAMPION --"
• (William Zabka) "You're all right, LaRusso."
• (Ring Announcer) "-- DANIEL LARUSSO."
• (William Zabka) "Good match."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Thanks a lot."

• (William Zabka) "-- Got something for you. All-Valley Tournament application. You fill that out and send it in, so they'll know where to claim the body. Next-of-kin stuff, ya know?"
• (Ralph Macchio) "Let me ask you something: We both know you can stomp me, anytime and anywhere, for any reason. So why bother rubbing it in?"
• (William Zabka) "Maybe I like rubbing it in."
• (Ralph Macchio) "Don't you ever think that he"
• (Ralph Macchio) "might be wrong; at least, about some things?"

• (William Zabka) "You couldn't leave well enough alone, could you, little twerp? No, you had to push it. Well, now you're gonna pay."
• (Chad McQueen) "Where you going, sweetheart?"
• (Ron Thomas) "Give him a front kick, Johnny."
• (William Zabka) "Get him up."
• (Ron Thomas) "Leave him alone, man -- he's had enough."
• (Chad McQueen) "Shut up, Bobby."
• (Ron Thomas) "Look at him, Dutch. He can't even stand up."
• (Rob Garrison) "So what?"
• (Chad McQueen) "That don't mean squat."
• (Ron Thomas) "Johnny -- leave him alone, man. He's had enough."
• (William Zabka) "I'll decide when he's had enough, man."
• (Ron Thomas) "What is wrong with you, Johnny?"
• (William Zabka) "An enemy deserves no mercy."
• (Chad McQueen) "Right."
• (William Zabka) "Right?"
• (Chad McQueen) "Right."
• (Ron Thomas) "You're crazy, man."
• (William Zabka) "Tommy, Bobby -- get him."

Chad McQueen as Dutch

• (Chad McQueen) "Well, well, well, if it isn't our little friend Danielle. What's the matter? Your mommy isn't here to dress you?"
• (Chad McQueen) "Hey, I'm talking to you punk."
• (Chad McQueen) "Come on, make a move. Come on. Right now."
• (Referee) "Hey. Save it for the fight. Now get out."
• (Chad McQueen) "Points or no points, you're dead meat."
• (Referee) "I said out."

Juli Fields as Susan

• (Barbara) "I don't know what she sees in him."
• (Juli Fields) "She must be into fungus."

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