“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

“Ever since I was a kid I've only loved one thing. That was playing ball. Do you understand what that's like, having that ball in your hand... It's like, It's like making sweet music with your game, only thing is you don't wanna hear the song.”
Derek Luke - Bobby Joe Hill

“I speak, you listen. I don't wanna hear 'can't' or 'won't' or 'Coach, I'm bleeding'. I don't wanna hear anything except the basketball bounce!”

Josh Lucas - Don Haskins

“Hey, hold your heads up. Hold your heads up! You wanna shake off that hate? It's your choice, Harry Flournoy. It's your choice, Jerry Armstrong, Togo, Cager, Hill. It's your choice. Shut them up. Win!”

Josh Lucas - Don Haskins

“- Bugs Bunny: we need your help!
- Michael Jordan: Yeah, but I'm a baseball player now!
- Bugs Bunny: Right. And I'm a Shakespearean actor.”

Billy West - Bugs Bunny
Michael Jordan - Himself