Do you love it? I'm more of an addict. It's a compulsion with me, a weapon I can use....

Sybil Gordon: [about running] Do you love it? Harold M. Abrahams: I'm more of an addict. It's a compulsion with me, a weapon I can use. Sybil Gordon: Against what? Harold M. Abrahams: Being Jewish I suppose. Sybil Gordon: [laughs incredulously] You're not serious! People aren't like that, people don't care. Can it be as bad as all that? Harold M. Abrahams: You're not Jewish, or you wouldn't have had to ask.

Do you love running? I'm more of an addict. It's a compulsion, a weapon. Against what? Being Jewish, I suppose. You're not serious? You're not Jewish, or you wouldn't ask. Fiddlesticks. People don't care. Anyway, being Jewish hasn't done you any harm. I'm what I call semi-deprived. That sounds clever. What does it mean? It means they lead me to water but they won't let me drink. You're a funny old stick, Mr. Harold Abrahams. Funny… …but fascinating. I'll settle for the fascinating.