"Narrator: Nine-ball is rotation pool, the balls are pocketed in numbered order. The only ball that means anything, that wins it, is the 9. Now, the player can shoot eight trick shots in a row, blow the 9, and lose. On the other hand, the player can get the 9 in on the break, if the balls spread right, and win. Which is to say, that luck plays a part in nine-ball. But for some players, luck itself is an art."

"[To Vincent] It's like a nightmare, isn't it? It just keeps getting worse and worse."

"[To Vincent] You win one more game, you're gonna be humping your fist for a long time. Got that, Vincent?"

"[To Grady Seasons] Hey, Grady, up your ass with the spot. Is that okay with you?"

"I think maybe the money's what's throwing you off here today."

"[To Vincent] You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other."

"[To Carmen] I'm not your daddy, I'm not your boyfriend, so don't be playing games with me. I'm your partner."

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."

"[to Carmen about Vincent] We got a racehorse here, a thoroughbred. You make him feel good, I teach him how to run!"

"Pool excellence is not about excellent pool."

"I can always go back to whiskey; it's been very good to me. I mean, you're sitting in it, and I'm wearing it."

"Vincent, get in the car, this is embarrassing. You're acting like some girl who got felt up at the drive-in."

"This ain't pool. This is for bangers. Straight pool is pool. This is like hand-ball, or cribbage, or something. Straight pool, you gotta be a real surgeon to get 'em, you know? It's all finesse. Now, every thing is nine-ball, 'cause it's fast, good for T.V., good for a lot of break shots... Oh, well. What the hell. Checkers sells more than chess."

"Sometimes the shit comes down so heavy I feel like I should wear a hat."

"There isn't any other way to get to know a lot of nice people faster than being in a play."

"I guess as long as people come along with the machines then we got nothing to worry about. It's when the machines start delivering themselves that, uh, — that, uh, people better start worrying."

"I just might show up and surprise you. And myself."

"Are you ready for me yet George?"

"Kim Zimmer - Mary Ann Simpson"

"Mickey Rourke - Teddy Lewis"

"J.A. Preston - Oscar Grace"

"Ted Danson - Peter Lowenstein"

"Richard Crenna - Edmund Walker"

"Kathleen Turner - Matty Walker"

"William Hurt - Ned Racine"

"You better take me up on this quick. In about 45 minutes, I'm going to give up and go away."

"She taught him everything she knew - about passion and murder."

"It's a hot summer. Ned Racine is waiting for something special to happen. And when it does... He won't be ready for the consequences."

"As the temperature rises, the suspense begins."

"Teddy Lewis: I got a serious question for you: What the fuck are you doing? This is not shit for you to be messin' with. Are you ready to hear something? I want you to see if this sounds familiar: any time you try a decent crime, you got fifty ways you're gonna fuck up. If you think of twenty-five of them, then you're a genius... and you ain't no genius. You remember who told me that?"

"Peter: I'm really disappointed in you, Racine. I've been living vicariously off of you for years. You shut up on me now, all I have is my wife."

"Judge: Mr. Racine, the next time you come into my courtroom I hope you've got either a better defense, or a better class of client."

"Well, some men, once they get a whiff of it, they trail you like a hound."

"David Wilson - Kenny Hopkins"

"John Stockwell - Keith Livingston"

"Ellen Barkin - Maggie Foley"

"Michael "Tunes" Antunes - Wendell Newton"

"Helen Schneider - Joann Carlino"

"Matthew Laurance - Sal Amato"

"Joe Pantoliano - Doc Robbins"

"Michael Pare - Eddie Wilson"

"Tom Berenger - Frank Ridgeway"

"Joann Carlino: There were so many things I wanted to say to him, so many questions I wanted to ask. But Eddie and I, we had a deal, we never talked about the future. We thought the present was so fine, why ruin it by planning ahead? But as Eddie drove off, I knew, I knew it then, it wasn't gonna be any future. In the morning, they told me that Eddie was gone, and they hadn't found his body."

"Maggie Foley: [On the bridge Eddie wrecked on] The innocence of the 50s was over and so was rock and roll as we knew it. We were entering a new age, an age of confusion, an age of passion, of commitment. Eddie Wilson saw it coming. "Season in Hell" is the total innovation for its time. It was a signal a greatness yet to come. Eddie Wilson was a step ahead of us and I don't think we've caught up with him yet. Eddie's been dead for almost 18 years, but his music is as alive today as the day he recorded it. For me and for everyone who listens to music, Eddie Wilson lives and always will."