My old man... was a preacher. And when I started messin' with this shit, he said, "you gonna pay for that. You gonna pay for that shit, boy". He was right. You can't cheat this shit no... mo'.
Thomas Jefferson Byrd - Errol Barnes

“People always thought I grew up on a farm. And I guess, in a way, I did. But I lived a lifetime before that, in those six weeks on the road in the winter of 1931. When people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man, or if there was just no good in him at all, I always give the same answer. I just tell them... he was my father.”

Tyler Hoechlin - Michael Sullivan Jr.

“I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.”

Jake Gyllenhaal - Homer Hickam

“- Charles Halloway: A father should be able to play baseball with his son.
- Mrs. Halloway: Baseball's not necessary, not with a heart like yours, he'll forgive you that.”

Jason Robards - Charles Halloway
Ellen Geer - Mrs. Halloway

- Bobby Garfield: Ted, "my father never bought a drunk a drink". What does that mean exactly?
- Ted Brautigan: It means he was a good man, he was honest, and he never added to the troubles of the world. Okay? Good night.
Anton Yelchin - Bobby Garfield
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Ted Brautigan