"Jonathan Moxon you're are under arrest for not being naked with some sophomore chick who wants to bathe you with her tongue, now take off your goddamn clothes and get in the car."

"[after stealing a cop car] I'm gonna go to jail!"

"[voiceover] In America we have laws. Laws against killing. Laws against stealing. It's accepted that, as a member of society, you will live by these laws. In West Canaan, Texas, there's another society that has its own laws. Football is a way of life. That's me as a kid, playing ball with my best friends. I'm Jonathan Moxon, but most people call me Mox. As a boy in West Canaan, you never question the sanctity of football. You just listened to the coaches and tried as best you could to win. Win at all costs."

"[Mooning Mox and Billy Bob through the truck window] Good moonin, Boys! Good moonin! I have been up since the crack of dawn and I had to ass you a question."

"[pulling Moxon aside after practice] You disobey me, and I will bury you. I know about your scholarship to Brown. I got your grades under review. Don't think for a minute that I can't fuck with your transcripts, and get this whole deal blown for you."

"[to Billy Bob] Son, you are fucking up my universe. You're fat, you're slow...now all of a sudden you're lazy."

"[to Mox] Your daddy was a no-talent pussy, but at least he listened!"

"The hard work of so many, sacrificed by the disrespect of few."

"Never show weakness, the only pain that matters is the pain you inflict."

"It makes me wonder if you know the difference between a sneeze and a wet fart!"

"[to Mox] You got to be the dumbest smart kid I know."

"[voiceover] And for some of us, it ended without us knowing. Maybe these were the last days. I never played football again. But I will never forget that day. Billy Bob cried 'cause he's a bit of a cryer. And Tweeder drank beers 'cause...Well, Tweeder drinks beer. Lance is happy. He found his calling as a football coach. Wendell got his ride to Grambling. That statue still stands, but only because it was too heavy to move. Kilmer never coached again. I took my scholarship and will graduate from Brown University. The day was ours...and no one can ever take it away."

"Before this game started, Kilmer said "48 minutes for the next 48 years of your life". I say "fuck that". All right? Fuck that. Let's go out there, and we play the next 24 minutes for the next 24 minutes, and we leave it all out on the field. We have the rest of our lives to be mediocre, but we have the opportunity to play like gods for the next half of football. But we can't be afraid to lose. There's no room for fear in this game. Now if we go out there, and we half-ass it 'cause we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse; we're always gonna wonder. But if we go out there, and we give it absolutely everything - that's heroic. Let's be heroes. Come on. What do you say, boys?"

"Annika Marks - art history student"

"Dominic West - Bill Dunbar"

"Juliet Stevenson - Amanda Armstrong"

"John Slattery - Paul Moore"

"Marian Seldes - President Jocelyn Carr"

"Krysten Ritter - a student"

"Terence Rigby - Dr. Edward Staunton"

"Lily Rabe - art history student"

"Ebon Moss-Bachrach - Charlie Stewart"

"Topher Grace - Tommy Donegal"

"Ginnifer Goodwin - Constance "Connie" Baker"

"Lisa Roberts Gillan - Miss Albini"

"Marcia Gay Harden - Nancy Abbey"

"Jordan Bridges - Spencer Jones"

"Emily Bauer - art history student"

"Tori Amos - wedding singer"

"Laura Allen - Susan Delacorte"

"Maggie Gyllenhaal - Giselle Levy"

"Julia Stiles - Joan Brandwyn (Donegal)"

"Kirsten Dunst - Elizabeth "Betty" Warren (Jones)"

"Julia Roberts - Katherine Ann Watson"

"They had everything. She showed them more."

"In a world that told them how to think, she showed them how to live."