- GI Julie: [teaching Mark how to walk again] One foot in front of the other. You got it, Mark. You got...
- Mark Hogancamp: [Mark stumbles and falls] It hurts like hell!
- GI Julie: Relax, Mark, you got to embrace that pain. You've got love the pain. The pain is a rocket fuel.
- GI Julie: I know, but you have to love the pain, Hogie. Like the wise man said, "Our pain is our rocket fuel." It reminds us of our strength.
- [Mark's victim impact statement]
- Mark Hogancamp: "I was a hell of a good artist, an illustrator. I loved to draw and now I can barely write my name. The life I once had has been taken away from me forever. I was not wearing high heels the night I got jumped, Your Honor, but I did mention that on occasion I might try them on, and because I made that comment they beat me severely. They jumped me from behind and kicked every memory I ever had out of my head. Now I admit I had been drinking and I was drunk, and the way I responded wasn't smart. But now I know I... I know what I should have done. I should have just kept my mouth shut and walked away, but I didn't. And I got beaten. Beaten within an inch of my life. Beaten for no reason. And I needed you to know that, Your Honor, because... whatever sentence you decide to give these... so-called people... I want them to know they can't hurt me anymore. They can't hurt me anymore. Because they're gone. They're gone for good. But I'm still here. And I have my friends. And I have my town, and my pictures, and I'll be okay."
- Cap'n Hogie: [dancing] I like to wear heels sometimes. I don't know why but they somehow connect me to the essence of dames. Does it bother you?
- Nicol: It doesn't bother me in the least.
- Cap'n Hogie: Good. I - love - dames.