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[Lightning has just seen Doc's driving and follows him back to his shop]
Lightning McQueen: Doc, hold it! Seriously, your driving's incredible!
Doc Hudson: Wonderful. Now go away.
Lightning: Hey, I mean it. You've still got it!
Doc: I'm askin' ya to leave!
Lightning: Come on. I'm a racecar, you're... well, a much older racecar, but under the hood, you and I are the same!
Doc: We are not the same! Understand? Now, get out!
Lightning: How could a car like you quit at the top of your game?
Doc: [shocked] You think I quit? [Doc turns on the light to reveal an old, framed newspaper of him in a wreck]
Lightning: Right... your big wreck in '54.
Doc: They quit on me. When I finally got put together, I went back expecting a big welcome. You know what they said? "You're history." Moved right on to the next rookie standing in line. There was a lot left in me. I never got a chance to show 'em. I keep that to remind me never to go back. I just never expected that that world would... would find me here.
Lightning: Hey, Doc, I'm not them!
Doc: Oh, yeah?
Lightning: No, I'm not!
Doc: When was the last time you cared about somethin' except yourself, hot rod? You name me one time and I will take it all back. [Lightning looks defeated] Uh-uh. Didn't think so. These are good folk around here, who care about one another. I don't want 'em depending on someone they can't count on.
Lightning: Oh, like you? You've been here for how long, and your friends don't even know who you are? Who's caring about only himself?
Doc: [angrily] Just finish that road and get outta here! [drives off]
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