“I've become what I despise. I cheated my profession, cheated myself, I cheated basketball. There's two words I didn't think would ever come out of my mouth, I didn't think I'd ever be able to say... I quit.”
Nick Nolte - Pete Bell

“- Nina Chance: You expect me to violate everything I was ever taught? I have duties.
- Detective Regis: Yeah, and your duties can send an innocent man to jail for the rest of his life. You wanna live with that?
- Nina Chance: Yes, and I think you better leave.”
Diane Lane - Nina Chance
Wesley Snipes - Detective Regis

“- Benny Pearl: I hope you're happy with what you have done to her. You just stay the hell away from my sister.
- Sam: No....
- Benny Pearl: You want to know why everyone laughs at you, Sam? Because you're an idiot. You're a first-class moron.”

Aidan Quinn - Benny Pearl
Johnny Depp - Sam

“Of all the things I regret I did, the ones I didn't are the ones I mourn the most.”
Shirley Knight - Ann Butterfield

- Dr. Berger: It hurts to be mad at him, doesn't it?
- Conrad "Con" Jarrett: God, I loved him. It's not fair. You just do one wrong thing, and...
- Dr. Berger: And what was the one wrong thing you did? You know. You know.
- Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I hung on. I stayed with the boat.
- Dr. Berger: Exactly.

Judd Hirsch - Berger
Timothy Hutton - Conrad