- Mr. Shorofsky: Less talking, more tapping, Mr. Mendenhall, conserve your energy.
- Mrs. Berg: Mendenhall? That doesn't look like Dwight Mendenhall...
- Leonard Mendenhall: I'm not. I'm his cousin Lenny. The nerd of the family.
- Nicole Chapman: Dwight's not a nerd?
- Nicole Chapman: I can't believe you dropped out of the show to do this.
- Jesse V. Valesquez: Hey, anybody can be in a show. I'm gonna be number one in the whole world.
- Mrs. Berg: He'll go down in tap dancing history. What a guy!
- Lydia Grant: In all my years I've been at this school, this is the first time anyone's wanted out of my class.