“My job is to basically beat the shit out of you for the next 5 days, and whoever is still standing at the end, maybe we'll use for our scout teams. You'll be running the oppositions plays week in and week out. The greatest value to us is we don't care whether you get hurt.”

John Beasley - Coach Warren

“I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking's something you can't do judiciously, unless you keep in practice.”

Sydney Greenstreet - Kasper Gutman

“- Alberta Marlow: I'm not so obsessed with money as you seem to be. I can do without it.
- Rick Leland: You stick around with me and you'll get plenty of practice.”
Mary Astor - Alberta Marlow
Humphrey Bogart - Rick Leland

“The law must be engraved in our hearts and practiced every minute to the letter and spirit.”
Ronald Colman - Professor Michael Lightcap

“- Lt. Joe Rossi: These nights are killers, aren't they?
- Cadet Ezra Parker: Yeah, I lie in my bunk with my clothes on and try to sleep, but every time that engine slows, my heart speeds up. In time, I think I can train myself to have an iron nerve, like you have.”
Humphrey Bogart - Lt. Joe Rossi
Dick Hogan - Cadet Ezra Parker