- Wrestler: Kunta Kinte, the panther has courage. So does the warthog. Which kind of courage should a man have?
- Kunta Kinte: The best kind.
- Wrestler: If it is for certain that you are not yet a man - and that is for certain - then it is more certain that you are not a philosopher. "The best kind" is not an answer, Kunta Kinte.
- Kunta Kinte: Well... a warthog's courage, then.
- Wrestler: Why?
- Kunta Kinte: Well, a warthog never retreats, he never gives up.
- Wrestler: And all the hunters admire that warthog's courage.
- Kunta Kinte: That's right.
- Wrestler: They all say what a brave animal that warthog is.
- Kunta Kinte: That's right.
- Wrestler: And all the hunters usually end up killing that warthog. They all usually end up eating that brave warthog.
- Kunta Kinte: You think I should have given up today when we were wrestling?
- Wrestler: We were not wrestling. I was wrestling. You were charging and flying and landing.
- Kintango: I am the Kintango! Kin-tan-go! As children must be careful not to anger their fathers, you will be careful not to anger the Kantango. As dry grass does not challenge the fire, you will never challenge the Kintango. You will do everything I tell you to do, you will do it when I tell you, and for as long as I tell you to do it. I am... the Kintango!