Jaime Escalante: Do you want me to do it for you?
Pancho: Yes.
Jaime Escalante: You're supposed to say no.
Angel: Yeah, I have the same answer as gordita.
Lupe: Don't call me gordita, pendejo.
Angel: Hey, Kemo, you should be proud of me, man! I'm the first dude here. What's calcoolus?
Dr. Pearson: There is two kinds of racism, Mr. Escalante. Judging a group because they are a minority, and not judging a group because they are a minority.
Jaime Escalante: You're like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there.
Pancho: I don't need no math. I got a solar calculator with my dozen donuts.
Jaime Escalante: Now you got a ticket to watch the show.
Chuco: Lots of stars up there, Homey. Not too polluted.
Angel: The stars aren't really there, ese. No, what you're looking at is where they used to be, man. It takes the light a thousand years to reach the Earth. You know, for all we know, they burned out a long time ago, man. God pulled the plug on us. He didn't tell nobody.
Chuco: The stars are out there, homeboy. I don't care what you say.
Jaime Escalante: It's not that they're stupid, it's just they don't know anything.
Jaime Escalante: Hey, what you got?
Pancho: I got a core.
Jaime Escalante: You owe me a hundred percent. And I'll see you in the People's Court.
Jaime Escalante: Tough guys don't do math. Tough guys fry chicken for a living.
Jaime Escalante: You think you got it, Johnny? Think you have the answer?
Tito: Juan is X, Carlos is Y, Pedro is X + Y. Is Pedro bisexual or straight?
Jaime Escalante: Sometimes I worry about you.
Tito: ...Just don't ever let her know that you dig her. That's, like, the worst thing you can do with a woman.
Jaime Escalante: You only see the turn, you don't see the road ahead.
