“- Dulcy: I wouldn't mind learning chess.
- Leopold: I feel it would be tame for you.
- Dulcy: I like the way the stallions look.
- Leopold: They're called knights. That's a knight. Not a stallion.”
Julie Hagerty - Dulcy
Jose Ferrer - Leopold

“- Bonnie: No. It'd kill him not to play in the park. He loves it.
- Bruce Pandolfini: It just makes my job harder.
- Bonnie: Then your job's harder.”

Joan Allen - Bonnie Waitzkin
Ben Kingsley - Bruce Pandolfini

“- Chip Hazard: We're nothing alike. You are programmed to lose!
- Archer: I'm also programmed to learn.
- Chip Hazard: Too bad you never learned to win. School's out, loser.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Chip Hazard
Frank Langella - Archer

“You learn a hell of a lot more from losing than from winning.”

Jeffrey Nordling - Coach Ted Orion

“We don't have time for learning. We need to win. They could lose their scholarships.”

David Selby - Dean Buckley