- Brad Cohen: Maybe we should talk about the elephant.
- Recruiter: Elephant?
- Brad Cohen: In the room: my Tourette's.
- Recruiter: No. The Americans with Disabilities Act doesn't allow me to ask you...
- Brad Cohen: I know, but I'd like to tell you just like I tell the kids in my classes. See, I explain to them that it's a brain thing that causes me to make strange noises, they're like sneezes, irrepressible. When you have to, you have to.
- Recruiter: How do they react?
- Brad Cohen: Once they understand, they're fine with it. It's never caused any problems in a classroom.
- Diane: Your dad built his business with his own two hands. You can't blame him for wanting you to be a part of it.
- Jim Ovbey: Hilarie and I discussed you with the teachers. And, we talked about how proud we are of teaching our kids to never let anything hold them back in life. And, Hilarie said that if we're gonna talk the talk, we need to walk the walk.
- Brad Cohen: Well, right now there's no medicine that can cure Tourette's. But it's OK. 'Cause I've learned to accept it and I don't let it run my life.
- Brad Cohen: Still, my Constant Companion, as always, warned me not to get my hopes up. But hope is a hard habit to break.
- Recruiter: What made you decide to go into teaching?
- Brad Cohen: It's all I've ever wanted to do. I feel like I was born to teach.