- Virgil Sweet: If you want something, sometimes you've got to take a risk. And if you really want something, then you've got to be willing to risk everything.
- Virgil Sweet: Hey kid, who taught you how to pitch?
- Sammy Bodeen: Nobody.
- Virgil Sweet: Who taught you to play baseball?
- Virgil Sweet: Nobody.
- Virgil Sweet: Goodnight, kid.
- Virgil Sweet: When somebody has a God-given gift like Sammy and he doesn't use it, I think that's kind of like missing the mark, don't you?"