“- Cavalry scout: He had a brush with them last night. Says they're being stirred up by Geronimo.
- Capt. Sickel: Geronimo? How do we know he isn't lying?
- Cavalry scout: No, he's a Cheyenne. They hate Apaches worse than we do.”

Yakima Canutt - Cavalry scout
Walter McGrail - Capt. Sickel

“- SeamanBill Wentz, Radioman: Mister Tyler, please... don't tell the other guys I'm half German. They'll hate me.
- Lieutenant Andrew Tyler: Yeah, sure thing, Wentz.”
Jack Noseworthy - Seaman Bill Wentz
Matthew McConaughey - Lt. Andrew Tyler

- Bruce Pandolfini: Do you know what it means to have "contempt" for your opponent?
- Josh: No.
- Bruce Pandolfini: It means to hate them. You have to hate them Josh, they hate you.
- Josh: But I don't hate them.
- Bruce Pandolfini: Well you'd better start.
Ben Kingsley - Bruce Pandolfini
Max Pomeranc - Josh Waitzkin

“- Inspector Delbert Craddock: I heard the two of them are close. Is that true?
- Ella Zielinsky: Close? If you put the two of them together in a tank with a shark, the shark would have an identity crisis.”

Edward Fox - Inspector Craddock
Geraldine Chaplin - Ella Zielinsky

“A very clear motive. One of the oldest motives in criminal history. Jealousy. Why, you may find it preposterous to believe that a man of his years and timid character could become so enamored with a young woman as to commit an act of violence to dispose of a handsome and vigorous rival.”

George Coulouris - Prosecutor