"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

"[to Jenny's grave] You died on a Saturday morning and I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of y…"

"Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't."

"Now, because I had been a football star, and a war hero, and a national celebrity, and a shrimpin' boat captain, and …"

"[at Jenny and her boyfriend] You know what I think? I think you should go home to Greenbow, ALABAMA!"

"My Momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.""

"[About his injury in the war] They said it was a million-dollar wound, but the army must keep that money cuz I ain't …"

"My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on."

"Now, when I was a baby, Momma named me after the great Civil War hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we wa…"

"[recalling saving Lt. Dan; we see him carrying Dan away through the jungle.] [narrating] Then it felt like somethin' …"