Peaceful Warrior

DORY:
Hello.

Breathing pretty heavy

over there.

Just a dream.

(BELL TOLLING)

You sure you're okay?

Do you want me to leave

or something?

No, stay.

I'm gonna go get some air.

You know you got

two different shoes on,

right?

One's a little newer

than the other.

Anything else?

Thanks for stopping by.

What the hell

did you just do?

How did you get up there?

(BELL TOLLING)

TOMMY:
Be strong, fellows.

KYLE:
We going, baby. Come on.

KYLE:
One of us has to move

on some of that.

TOMMY:
Oh, yeah?

Well, some of us already have.

Hi, Dory.

Hey, Tommy. Hey, Dan!

Looking good,

all right.

Thanks, Trev.

Referring to the endless array

of women, d*ckhead.

How can they all

be in love with me?

Exactly, how can they?

KYLE:
Incoming, gentlemen.

Oh, my sweet mama and papa.

See that smile she gave us?

Yeah. Looked like

a toothpaste ad.

Whitest teeth

I've ever come across.

Faster, faster!

Punch hard, punch hard.

Heel! Good!

All right, Jensen.

You work hard

and you get results.

That's how it happens.

Nice, Kyle.

Excellent.

Now, who else

has some good stuff

to show me today, huh?

All right, Millman. Nice.

Tight. Lower your shoulders.

Good. Keep it tight.

Good, good.

I want to show you

something, Coach.

Don't waste energy.

Keep that mouth shut.

Good.

Millman. Millman!

Sorry, Coach.

Sorry doesn't mean anything.

I can do this.

I've been working on it.

Get over here!

Nobody on this planet can do

what you are trying to do.

You are great up there, Danny.

You're one of the best

I've seen.

You're gonna rank even higher

than you did last year,

and you might make it

through all the qualifiers if

you don't

kill yourself first.

Tommy, you're up.

What's he trying to do?

Three consecutive flips

before he dismounts.

Anybody ever done that?

Nope.

That's why

he's trying to do it.

Thinks it's gonna make him

lord of the rings.

Only, with Middleman, it's where

he tries to tear both arms

out of their sockets.

COACH:
All right,

the next qualifying heat

is six weeks from today,

and you know what I say.

Don't think

this is gonna happen

just 'cause you're pretty

and can do a handstand.

You think I'm kidding?

And I've got footage

of your competition

you need to see again.

Help you with something?

You can tell me

how you did it.

You like things explained.

Don't you?

(BELL CLANGING)

How we doing tonight?

Look.

That roof's gotta be

at least 10,

maybe 12 feet high.

No human

can make a vertical leap

over four or five feet, tops.

I know. I'm a gymnast.

Toughest men's sport

in the world.

Most people don't know that.

The Spartans of ancient Greece

were gymnasts, too.

They vaulted over bulls.

Trained their elite warriors

that way.

Did you know that?

I know more than you think.

And you think

more than you know.

But knowledge is

not the same as wisdom.

Yeah? What's the difference?

You know how to clean

a windshield, right?

Yeah.

Wisdom is doing it.

I train seven days a week,

Why so much?

Are you serious?

I am a heartbeat away

from qualifying.

Qualifying for what?

You watch the Olympics?

No.

Thanks for stopping by.

Look, even as good as I am,

I gotta do everything I can

to make sure that I qualify.

There's a lot you'd

have to know before you could

understand what you saw.

Go. Ask me.

Ask me something.

Ask me anything.

Are you happy?

You said

I could ask you anything.

What does happy

have to do with anything?

Everything.

My dad's got plenty of cash,

school's kind of a breeze,

I get straight A's.

I got great friends,

I'm in great shape,

and I only sleep alone

when I absolutely want to.

So why can't you

sleep at night?

Yesterday, you came here

at 3:
00 a.m. Now, tonight.

That's two nights in a row.

What are you? Some kind of

a Quickie Mart philosopher

or something like that?

You need some philosophy?

No, thanks, Socrates.

I get enough at school.

Last question.

If you don't make

the Olympic team,

what will you do?

If I don't what?

You must have thought

about it.

What the hell

are you talking about?

What's the problem?

I don't even know

what I'm doing here.

You're a freak.

And I don't need you

freaking me out.

CROWD YELLING:
Thirteen.

CROWD:
Fourteen.

Your exit sign's lit, Middleman.

CROWD:
Fifteen.

CROWD:
Sixteen.

Hey, there, beautiful thing.

So, this is what you do

for fun.

ALL:
Seventeen.

Eighteen.

(CROWD GROANING)

Did I pick up that maybe

you and Dory hooked up

the other night?

BOY:
Come on, Dan-o.

It's all you.

ALL:
Nineteen.

She told you that?

Is it true?

We're supposed to be friends,

man.

What does

that mean, exactly?

It means you're a jerk

who treats his friends

like dirt.

Somebody grab my beers.

Somebody grab mine!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Come on, guys.

Hey, Dan, what's the matter

with you, man?

With friends like you,

who needs a**holes, right,

Dan-o?

BOY:
Calm down.

What?

You want to fight Tommy?

Who does he think he is?

He's pissed at you, all right?

Is it true?

I thought Dory was old news.

All right?

So, excuse me

if she comes

banging on my door.

Why? Why, Dan?

Listen to yourself.

Dory was Tommy's girl.

I said I thought it was over!

Just go back

to your party, man.

Okay. Yeah, I will.

Hey.

You want these?

You're really cute.

Jesus!

(GASPING)

Susie, you okay?

Yeah.

Sorry.

What's the matter?

Couldn't sleep again?

What would you say

if I told you

that I keep seeing those shoes

in a dream I keep having?

I'd say maybe

you're still asleep.

You can live a whole lifetime

without ever being awake.

Hey, Socrates.

If you know so much,

how come you're working

at a gas station?

This is a service station.

We offer service.

There's no higher purpose.

Than pumping gas?

Service to others.

How we doing tonight?

Japanese style, huh?

So you know Socrates?

Is that what you call him?

I bet he loves that.

You eat here with him

every night?

Actually,

I think one's for you.

I see you've met Joy.

Hey, big Buddha.

Hi, little Buddha.

Joy, this is Dan.

We met.

(WHISPERS) Socrates.

Socrates.

Bon apptit.

You look hungry.

Joy do all that?

She live around here?

She related to you

or something?

You need to start asking

better questions.

What?

Slow down.

You might taste something.

You sure got a lot of rules

about stuff, don't you?

Not rules. Things I've learned

from my own life experience.

That's why I'd say

your eating is sloppy.

Who cares?

You do.

That's the difference

between us, Dan.

You practice gymnastics.

I practice everything.

If I was your trainer,

no meat.

Seriously?

None.

I could probably

handle that.

No TV, no alcohol,

no drugs and no sex.

And that's why I'm glad

you're not my trainer.

So, this diet

and your training

are making you all you can be?

Absolutely.

So, how long

can you stand like this?

Name it.

Five minutes. On the table.

Done.

You move so much as a muscle,

and I get to call you Jack

for the rest of the night.

Jack?

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