"First of all,friend, there's no one up there shooting back at you. Second, I found most men aren't willing, they bat an eye, or draw a breath before they shoot. I won't."
In response to Gillom pointing out that he almost tied Books in target practice.
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Compare and contrast a possible real life quote of Wild Bill Hickock (from Wikipedia):
Wishing to intimidate Hickok, Coe had supposedly stated he could "kill a crow on the wing". Hickok's retort is one of the West's most famous sayings (though possibly apocryphal): "Did the crow have a pistol? Was he shooting back? I will be."share
Another good one, from no particular movie, is that ""a reputation doesn't make you any faster, said about some fictional gunslinger, but it does slow the other guy down.
True of gunmen and relief pitchers (that concerns cricket, with 4 bases, for our British friends.)