- Dr. Sam Beckett: [as Tommy on why he was talking to himself after Al left] Yes. Yeah, my graduation speech. You know what they say, it's never too soon to start early.
- [last lines]
- Admiral Al Calavicci: You know, there's one thing that I-I... just doesn't figure for me.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: What's that?
- Admiral Al Calavicci: Well, was Tommy... gay or not?
- Dr. Sam Beckett: Does it matter?
- Dr. Sam Beckett: I don't know how to run track, Al.
- Admiral Al Calavicci: Oh. Well, you just, you pump... Look, you pump your arms and you pump your legs, and then you drive through the tape.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: You were a runner, too?
- Admiral Al Calavicci: No, but it sounds good, dunnit?
- Admiral Al Calavicci: Tea? Not coffee?
- Dr. Sam Beckett: I'm making some tea. Tea. T-E-A tea. Tea, tea, tea. I don't like coffee, I like tea... Does drinking tea make me any less of a man than somebody who drinks coffee? I mean, is every tea-drinker in the entire history of the world gay to you? Is that it? What about the Boston Tea Party? Was that like some kind of a gay boat festival or something?
- Ronnie Chambers: [to Sam] Dating the Admiral's daughter. Buddy, you've either got a lot of guts or no brains.
- Karen Spencer: Tommy, what's wrong? Y-you don't return my phone calls, and... you don't listen to me when I talk. Don't you like me? I mean, I know that you're a senior and I'm only a freshman, but...
- Dr. Sam Beckett: No, no, no, of course, of course I like you.
- Karen Spencer: Well, then, why haven't you... you know.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: What?
- Karen Spencer: I don't want you to think I'm easy or anything. But we've been going out for almost three months, and... you haven't even... you know?
- Admiral Al Calavicci: Yeah - you know?
- Dr. Sam Beckett: I just didn't think that you wanted me to... y-you know.
- Admiral Al Calavicci: Oh, God, this is worse than I thought.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: Phillip's gonna die tonight.
- Coach Martz: I thought we settled that.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: Well, we did, but it-it's still gonna happen.
- Coach Martz: How do you know?
- Dr. Sam Beckett: It's kind of hard for me to explain. Look, Coach, you trusted me once. All I'm askin' is that you trust me again. For Phillip's sake.
- Coach Martz: You know, this could mean my job.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: This could mean his life.
- [after Phillip has prepared to hang himself because he is gay, the Coach tries to talk him out of it]
- Coach Martz: You're not alone, Phillip. I know about the guilt - the shame, the fear. I spent my whole life that way. Wondering why I had to be different. Hoping that it'd just pass. Well, it's okay to be different. And the only ones we have to be afraid of are ourselves. You and Tommy made me realize that. You and I? Hey, we got nothing to be ashamed of. Now, come on down. We'll save the cops a lot of paperwork.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: [Sam and Al bump into Ronnie who's in civilian clothes and carrying a couple of packed bags] I was just on my way to the track.
- Ronnie Chambers: So what?
- Dr. Sam Beckett: [sighs] You goin' somewhere?
- Ronnie Chambers: I'm dropping out of Prescott.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: Where you gonna' go?
- Ronnie Chambers: Somewhere where I don't have to deal with people like you.
- Admiral Al Calavicci: [Sam and Al take a second to watch Ronnie's departing back] There goes a troubled young guy. Gosh, it's a shame he had to drive a kid like Philip out of the service.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: Yeah, I know. Wait a second. Weren't you the guy who said the military is no place...? What's going on with you?
- Admiral Al Calavicci: [sheepishly] I was... I was wrong. I was wrong. Alright. I was... You were right. I was wrong.
- Dr. Sam Beckett: What made you change your mind?
- Admiral Al Calavicci: Uh... you. The coach. Philip, mostly Philip. So, I realised that er... I was wrong. I'm not always right. I was wrong.
- Coach Martz: What happened to your eye?
- Dr. Sam Beckett: Huh? Oh. I, uh... I slipped in the bathroom and I kind of, you know, banged it on the sink.
- Coach Martz: I hope the sink's okay.