- Ricky Stratton: I don't say this to a lot of girls, but... you're a great guy.
- Billie: But I'm not a guy! I'm a girl.
- Ricky Stratton: I know - but thank God you never act like one!
- Kate Summers: If you want the guys to start thinking of you as a lady, you have to look like a lady.
- Ricky Stratton: Dad, I've got a problem that's really bugging me.
- Edward Stratton III: What's her name?
- Ricky Stratton: Why do you always assume it's a girl? I've got other problems. It could be about school, or one of the guys.
- Edward Stratton III: Is it about school, or one of the guys?
- Ricky Stratton: No - it's about a girl.
- Ricky Stratton: I don't want her to change.
- Edward Stratton III: Rick, everything changes. In fact, the absurd man is he who never changes... I got that in a fortune cookie. Been waiting eight years to use it.
- Kate Summers: I think you should stop thinking of Billie as one of the guys, and start thinking of her as one of the girls.
- Ricky Stratton: [scoffs] Why would I want to do a thing like that?
- Kate Summers: Because she has a crush on you.
- Ricky Stratton: A what?
- Kate Summers: A crush. She just told me so.
- Ricky Stratton: Billie? Oh, no. A pitcher, in love with a catcher?
- [He grimaces]
- Ricky Stratton: Kate, that's sick!
- Billie: One of my friends told me that I should act dumb around a guy, and pretend he's smarter than me. Is that true?
- Kate Summers: Absolutely not. If a man doesn't like an intelligent woman, he is a man not worth having.
- Ricky Stratton: [on being friends with his teammate] Her falling in love with me is gonna change all that.
- Edward Stratton III: Does it have to?
- Ricky Stratton: Sure - if I go out to the mound for a conference, she's liable to hug me or something.
- Edward Stratton III: She's not the first girl to succumb to your charms.
- Ricky Stratton: Why am I cursed with this animal magnetism? What is it that draws women to... the Ricker?
- Edward Stratton III: Well, I think we can rule out humility.
- Edward Stratton III: I said, "Svetlana, I really value our relationship - but if you try to make it romantic, we might lose our friendship... Now, please put me down."
- Edward Stratton III: That's a pretty dress, too - great color.
- Billie: Well, the color's OK - but I like this dress 'cause it's long enough to hide the scabs on my knees.
- Edward Stratton III: I'm very flattered that you like me - but, uh... have you considered the fact that I'm three times older than you?
- Billie: So what? We could still have a lot of good years together before you croak.