“- Branch Rickey: You think God likes baseball, Herb?
- Herb Pennock: What? What the hell is that supposed to mean?
- Branch Rickey: It means someday you're gonna meet God, and when he inquires as to why you didn't take the field against Robinson in Philadelphia, and you answer that it's because he was a Negro, it may not be a sufficient reply!”
Harrison Ford - Branch Rickey
Mark Harelik - Herb Pennock

“Boy, I'm telling you, you brothers are gonna be large! But like I said, you got to be careful. Because y'all are telling the truth, and the white man don't want you all saying what you're saying.”

Barry Shabaka Henley - Geoffrey Lennox

“This is a child of the jungle, an animal with a human voice. It if were human, an animal would cringe at its vices. These creatures are lethal and lecherous. They will have to be subdued by the sword and brought to profitable labor by the whip.”

Chuck Low - Cabeza

“- Simone: Sometimes they fall for what they think I am.
- George: And what do they think you are?
- Simone: What you think. A black whore.”
Cathy Tyson - Simone
Bob Hoskins - George

“- Gang Member: Why are you working for these people? Pakis.
- Johnny: It's work, that's why.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Johnny