The Karate Kid (1984) Quotes

Daniel LaRusso: Hey, what kind of belt do you have?

Mr. Miyagi: Canvas. You like? JCPenney. $3.98.

Daniel LaRusso: Oh, I didn't mean a belt like that. I meant...

Mr. Miyagi: In okinawa, belt mean no need rope hold up pants. (laughs)

Daniel LaRusso: Oh, great. That solves everything for me. I'll just go to the school and straighten it out with the teacher. No problem.

Mr. Miyagi: Now use head for something other than target.

Daniel LaRusso: I was only kidding about that.

Mr. Miyagi: Why kidding?

Daniel LaRusso: Because I'll get killed if I show up there.

Mr. Miyagi: Get killed anyway.

Mr. Miyagi: Karate for defense only.

Daniel LaRusso (about Cobra Kai): That's not what these guys are taught, man.

Mr. Miyagi: I can see. No such thing bad student. Only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do.

Mr. Miyagi: Daniel-San, you look revenge that way, start by digging two grave.

Daniel LaRusso: Well, at least I have company, right?

Mr. Miyagi: Fighting always last answer to problem.

(After Mr. Miyagi saves Daniel from the Cobra Kais, Daniel wakes up in his apartment...)

Daniel LaRusso: Hey, where did spiderman go?

Mr. Miyagi: Who?

Daniel LaRusso: That guy. That guy who bailed me out. Where did he go? (Mr. Miyagi smiles) What, you? (Mr. Miyagi nods) No way.

Mr. Miyagi: Why no way?

Daniel LaRusso: Because, because...

Mr. Miyagi: Because, because old man?

Daniel LaRusso: I don't have a costume, anyway.

Mr. Miyagi: If have costume, you go?

Daniel LaRusso: Yeah, maybe if I went as the invisible man.

Mr. Miyagi: "Invisible man"?

Daniel LaRusso: Yeah, you know, so no one would see me.

Mr. Miyagi: Oh...

(At the dance, Daniel comes in hidden in shower courtain, he's "invisible"...)

Ali Mills: Hey, there's Daniel.

Ali's friend #1: Where?

Ali Mills: The shower.

Ali's friend #2: How do you know?

Ali Mills: I just know.

Daniel LaRusso: I'm not into dancing that much. I don't feel like it, anyway.

Mr. Miyagi: Oh, Daniel-San, you too much by self. Not good.

Daniel LaRusso: I'm not by myself. I'm with you.

Mr. Miyagi: To make honey, young bee need young flower, not old prune.

Mr. Miyagi: Close eye. Trust. Concentrate. Think only tree. Make a perfect picture down to last pine needle. Wipe your mind clean everything but tree. Nothing exists whole world. Only tree. You got it? (Daniel nods) Open eye. Remember picture?

Daniel LaRusso: Yeah.

Mr. Miyagi: Make like picture. Just trust picture.

Daniel LaRusso: But how do I know if my picture's the right one?

Mr. Miyagi: If come from inside you, always right one.