Reported Speech Present
Dory: "Just keep swimming, Marlin."
Dory told Marlin to keep swimming.
Joker: "I am a man of my word."
The Joker said (that) he was a man of his word.
Godfather: "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
The Godfather said that he was going to make him an offer he couldn't refuse.