- Fargo: What's you business, Mister?
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: I have several - gambler, horse thief, train robber, hired assassin. Hold me horse, will you? I call him George - I forgot to ask him his real name when I got him.
- Fargo: What do you want here?
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: I want to see Mr. Hudson.
- Fargo: What about?
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: Why don't you ask Mr. Hudson after I see him?
- Renee Hudson: Mr. Masterson, would you mind if I ask just who and what you are?
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: Should I lie about it or tell you the truth?
- Renee Hudson: Which story is the most interesting?
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: I'm an excellent liar.
- Renee Hudson: Then by all means lie.
- Benton Foster: What time is it?
- [Bat steps into the doorway]
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: It's too late!
- Taylor Milland: Masterson!
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: I know I'm supposed to be dead, but I didn't care much for the idea.
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: I could have shot you, but I've never used one of these before.
- [he flexes his sword cane]
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: This is the civilization you brought to Texas?
- Alec Hudson: I don't suppose I have to tell you how many herds and probably human lives you've saved.
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: I'm happy to have saved my own.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: 1882 - Presidio, Texas, close to the Rio Grande but still a long way from anywhere. Which added to the mystery in town of the appearance of Bat Masterson, the man who became a legend in his own time.