Tom: Before we start, Sam Malone, come up here. [cheers] I'm sure you all remember Sam, and if you don't, chapters seven through nine.
Sam: No, I'm a businessman now. I keep my clothes on, most of the time.
Reporter #1: So, you two were real close?
Sam: For three years we did everything together. I mean, no one ever saw us apart.
Reporter #2: Well, Sam, it must have been quite a shock to you when Tom wrote about coming out of the closet.
Sam: Oh, whoa, you mean in Detroit? When I was with the waitress, and he came out of the closet and he was wearing a... That's not what you're talking about, is it?
Cliff: Yikes.
Sam: Is this some kind of joke, Tom?
Tom: I wanted you to read the book, Sam. It's still hard for me to tell people from the old days.
Reporter #1: Sam, you said you two used to do everything together?
Sam: No, no, you misunderstood that. No. As a matter of fact, people used to come up to me and say, "You two are best friends, yet you're completely different."