Matthew Morrison: Will Schuester

Pilot

Will Schuester

Will Schuester: [Rachel's sulking in the stands of the football field] You changed out of your costume.
Rachel Berry: I'm tired of being laughed at.
Will Schuester: You're the best kid in there, Rachel. It comes with a price.
Rachel Berry: Look, I know I'm just a sophomore, but I can feel the clock ticking away and I don't want to leave high school with nothing to show for it.
Will Schuester: You get great grades. You're a fantastic singer.
Rachel Berry: Everybody hates me.
Will Schuester: You think being in Glee Club is going to change that?
Rachel Berry: Being great at something is going to change it. Being part of something special makes you special, right?

Emma Pillsbury: Do you know who that is? That's you, Will. That's you happier than I've ever seen you.
Will Schuester: That was the greatest moment of my life.
Emma Pillsbury: Why?
Will Schuester: Because I loved what I was doing. I knew before we were half-way through with it, I remember that we were gonna win. And being a part of that, in that moment, I knew who I was in the world. And the only time I felt that way since then was when Terri told me I was gonna be a father.
[Thinks about it for a second, and shakes his head]
Will Schuester: No, no. I need to provide for my family.
Emma Pillsbury: But provide what, exactly? The understanding that money is the most important thing, or the idea that the only life worth living is one that you're really passionate about, Will?

Sue Sylvester: High school is a caste system. Kids fall into certain slots. Your jocks and your popular kids: up in the penthouse. The invisibles and the kids playing live-action out in the forest: bottom floor.
Will Schuester: And... where do the Glee kids lie?
Sue Sylvester: Sub-basement.

Will Schuester: I had to make a deal with Figgins so he wouldn't kill Glee Club.
Terri Schuester: But Will, I'm on my feet four hours a day, three times a week here. Now I have to go home and cook dinner for myself?

Will Schuester: [listening to Glee Club sing "Don't Stop Believin'"] Good, guys. It's a nine. We need a ten. Rachel, you need to hit the ones and the fives. Finn, I think if we worked on it, you could hit a high "B".
Finn Hudson: So does this mean you're staying?
Will Schuester: It would kill me to see you win nationals without me.

Will Schuester: Do you want to tell me how long you've had a drug problem?
Finn Hudson: I don't even know who the Chronic Lady is.
Will Schuester: Look, if it were up to me we wouldn't have mandatory bi-weekly locker checks.
Finn Hudson: I've never seen that before Mr. Shue, I swear that's not mine, I'll pee in a cup; I'll pee...
Will Schuester: I don't think it'll make any difference...

Will Schuester: I'd like to take over Glee Club.
Principal Figgins: You want to captain the Titanic, too?
Will Schuester: I think I can make it great again. There is no joy in these kids. They feel invisible. That's why every one of them has a MySpace page.
Principal Figgins: Sixty bucks a month. That's what I need to keep this program up.
Will Schuester: A-a-and you... you expect me to pay it?
Principal Figgins: I'm certainly not going to pay for it. We're not talking about Cheerios here, Will. They were on Fox Sports Net last year. When Glee Club starts bringing that kind of prestige to the school again, you can have all the money you want. Until then, sixty bucks a month. And you've got to use the costumes and props you already have. But we need the stools for woodshop.