[first lines]
Zack Mayo: [whispered to his sleeping father] Hey.
[flashback to Manila]
Byron Mayo: Hey, kid. Are you Zack?
Young Zack Mayo: Yes, sir.
Byron Mayo: I'm Byron; nice to meet you.
Young Zack Mayo: Yes, sir.

Topper Daniels: Who the hell is that guy?
Perryman: That's you momma and daddy for the next thirteen weeks.

I don't believe what I'm seein'. Where've you been all your lives? At an orgy? Listening to Mick Jagger and bad-mouthin' our country, I'll bet!

[his second cadence, for Zack alone] Candidate Mayo's strutting in the dirt; Look at his face, he's starting to hurt; Here he is, thinking he's a great big star; But before too long, he's gonna D.O.R.; Seen guys like you a hundred times; I'm telling you, Mayo, I'm one of a kind; Gonna give you more than you can take; I'm gonna watch you crumble and watch you break!

There's not gonna be any liberty for you boys, 'cause you'll be going home by then.

In every class, there's always one joker who thinks that he's smarter than me. In that class, that happens to be you. Isn't it, Mayo-naise?

[upon graduation]
GySgt. Emil Foley: Congratulations, Ensign Seegar.
Casey Seegar: Thank you, sir.
GySgt. Emil Foley: Gunnery Sgt, Ensign Seegar, sir.

[his first cadence, for Zack and the other OC's] Sergeant Foley, can't you see; A Puget Deb is after me; Please don't let me catch my tail; I'd be better off in the country jail...! My mom was a Deb, my grandma too; That's all them gals know how to do; She'll catch my butt before she's through; Sergeant Foley, it's up to you!

[referring to Della Serra's haircut] Now this is my idea of an ass bandit. Wait till some of the local girls get a look at you, Scrotum Head.