“- Natalie Standish: You wouldn't dare play fair, would you?
- Reed Standish: I wouldn't dare lose.”
JoBeth Williams - Natalie Standish
Christopher McDonald - Reed Standish

“In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.”
Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein

“- Dragons Basketball Coach: My players have league scoring records at stake. It wouldn't be fair to them.
- Coach Finstock: I just thought figured you quit now, you can beat the 5 o'clock traffic.
- Dragons Basketball Coach: There's a lot to learn from losing.”
Troy Evans - Dragon Basketball Coach
Jay Tarses - Coach Finstock

“- Sam: Last game here I'm playing myself.
- Fresh: You're losing to yourself.
- Sam: Yeah, life's a bitch like that.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Sam
Sean Nelson - Fresh

“It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference.”

Jay Tarses - Coach Finstock