Trevor Garfield: The only thing you respect is stupidity. Trevor Garfield: Your whole way of life is bullshit! Macho is bullshit! Cesar: But it's all I got! Trevor Garfield: You gonna hide behind your chickenshit homeboys? Where's your pride? Benny Chacon: You're no real teacher, fool. You're just a sub. Trevor Garfield: At some point we have to take responsibility for our actions. The system will not protect us.
[Giving Trevor a cactus as a gift] Ellen Henry: It flowers. Cesar: I got one in six chances. Trevor Garfield: I'm willing to die for stupidity, Cesar, if it'll teach you something.