"Alright, listen up! I'm Coach Boone. I'm going to tell you all about how much fun you're going to have this season. We leave for camp, Gettysburg College, August 15th, 7:29 am! If you report at 7:30, you will not be playing football this season; you will be watching. You will wear a jacket, shirt, and tie! If you don't have one, buy one. If you can't afford one, then borrow one from your old man. If you don't have an old man, then find a drunk, trade him for his. Cause I can guarantee you, there isn't a bum on the street that looks as raggedy and ridiculous as what I'm looking at right now. This is no democracy! It is a dictatorship! I am the law! If you survive camp, you will be on the team. If you survive."

"We will be perfect every day in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts...and then you will run a mile. Perfection! Let's get to work."

"Anybody know what this place is? This is Gettysburg. This is where they fought the Battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fightin' the same fight that we're still fightin' amongst ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin' with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pourin' right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. "I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family." You listen, you take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don't care if you like each other right now, but you will respect each other. And maybe - I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men..."

"History is written by the winners."

"Before they could win, they had to become one."

"Denzel Washington - Coach Herman Boone"

"Will Patton - Coach Bill Yoast"

"Wood Harris - Julius Campbell"

"Ryan Hurst - Gerry Bertier"

"Donald Faison - Petey Jones"

"Ethan Suplee - Louie Lastik"

"Kip Pardue - Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass"

"Craig Kirkwood - Jerry "Rev" Harris"

"Nicole Ari Parker - Carole Boone"

"Krysten Leigh Jones - Nicky Boone"

"Hayden Panettiere - Sheryl Yoast"

"Kate Bosworth - Emma Hoyt"

"Earl C. Poitier - Blue Stanton"

"Ryan Gosling - Alan Bosley"

"Gregory Alan Williams - Coach Paul "Doc" Hines"

"Burgess Jenkins - Ray Budds"