Jack Skinner Quotes in The Guardian (2006)

[Cadets jog and sing as Jake runs in late]

Jack Skinner: Airman Fischer's coming in late, yeah!

Cadets: Airman Fischer's coming in late, yeah!

Jack Skinner: Must be nice to go out on a date, yeah!

Cadets: Must be nice to go out on a date, yeah!

Jack Skinner: Mr. Fischer is our high school swim champ. He's had scholarships to every Ivy League.

Ben Randall: [*very* sarcastically] Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that he was so qualified. I mean, you set records in a pool? That's amazing. I'll bet it was like, what, eight feet deep in the deep end? What if your nose plug didn't work? What if another swimmer had cut into your lane? For the love of God, you could've been killed.

Capt. Frank Larson: Ben, come in. You work fast. Lyons? He was one of our top candidates.

Ben Randall: Sometimes you gotta shoot a hostage.

Jack Skinner: Look, we all know that you're a... legend and all, but our program has been proven to work.