[Harold]

Originally Posted by berrypie

Thanks for telling me the っと part, but what I would like to know is this:
彼は「XXXXX」っと言ってた
He said "XXXXXXX"

There shouldn't be a small つ (っ) there unless the person said something colloquial like 「高っ」 because that would put the っ before the と. It should be 「彼は何々と言ってた」, without the 「っ」.