Peaceful Warrior Page #2

Short for jackass.

DAN:
What time is it?

What time is it?

What time

is

it?

What

time

is...

(SHOUTS)

My son, Jack.

Thanks for stopping by.

Everyone tells you what to do

and what's good for you.

They don't want you

to find your own answers.

They want you

to believe theirs.

And let me guess.

You want me to believe yours.

No.

I want you

to stop gathering information

from outside yourself

and start gathering it

from the inside.

What are you,

part of some cult

or something?

People are afraid

of what's inside,

and that's the only place

they're ever gonna find

what they need.

Why can't you sleep?

Is it because,

maybe, late at night,

when all the noise dies down

and you're lying there

in the bed,

and there's nobody around

but you, then, maybe,

you get a little scared?

Scared because suddenly

everything feels so

empty.

You tell me you want to be

more than just someone

who gets up on those rings

and performs

a well-practiced stunt or two.

You tell me

you want to be someone

who uses his mind and his body

in ways that most people

would never have

the courage to,

and I will train you, Dan,

to be a real warrior.

BOY:
Is he all right?

What's going on?

Kyle. He took a bad fall.

It's fine. I'm fine.

It might be broken.

No.

We'll need an x-ray.

No.

It's all right, Kyle.

It's all right.

It's all right.

I mean it, Coach.

I know.

It doesn't feel like a break.

They're just gonna have

a look at it, that's all.

I don't need it looked at.

And I said you did.

Let's go.

Put it in a sling.

I don't need a sling.

Rider down, man.

Bad break.

You don't know that.

It could be a sprain.

I mean, he's a casualty,

Tommy-boy.

He's our best horse man.

Where do you think

that leaves us, huh?

Trevor, get off that thing.

Or what?

Like you don't want it?

Except you suck

at the pommel horse, Middleman.

I just never focused on it.

That's 'cause you got

one big show and only one.

Lord of the rings.

Yeah? Want to see

what I can do?

Don't embarrass yourself.

Go play, little boy.

Jesus Christ, did you both

just see them take Kyle away?

I mean, Jesus,

what if he's done?

Don't get in my face about it,

all right? Jesus, go hold

his hand if you want to.

DAN:
Sometimes,

I don't like myself very much.

My first thought was about how

maybe Kyle's fall

could work out for me.

People are not their thoughts.

They think they are

and it brings them

all kinds of sadness.

Toss me that wrench.

I'm not what I think?

Of course not.

The five-eighths.

The mind is just

a reflex organ.

It reacts to everything.

Fills your head

with millions

of random thoughts a day.

None of those thoughts

reveal any more about you

than a freckle does

at the end of your nose.

Take a swing at me.

What?

What are you doing?

Come on.

on the cheek.

Come on. Take a shot.

Knock it off, man.

I don't want to hit you.

You don't want to hit me?

I don't want to hurt you.

I guess I'll just have to

keep slapping you then.

Did you notice

how the right leverage

can be very effective?

What if I were to tell you

that's what your training,

even your life, is about?

Developing the wisdom

to apply the right leverage

in the right place,

at the right time.

Take out the trash.

You take out the trash.

The trash is up here.

That's the first part

of your training,

learning to throw out

everything you don't need

in here.

How?

Meet me tomorrow on campus.

Strawberry Creek bridge.

Where the hell are you going?

Poli-sci. Where are you going?

I'm going to pommel horse

try-outs.

I forgot.

Less than an hour.

Hey, hey! Wait up.

Tell them to hold up

for me, all right?

What?

DAN:
Soc!

Soc!

Listen.

I totally forgot about this.

Now, I got this thing

at the gym.

It's pretty important.

Can we make this quick?

Sure.

Hey!

Hey! I'm talking to you.

What the hell

is wrong with you?

You said you were in a hurry.

So you pushed me

off the bridge?

I emptied your mind.

You what?

I emptied...

No, you didn't.

You threw me into the river.

And while you were falling,

tell me, Dan,

what were you thinking of?

I don't know!

Were you thinking

about school?

No!

Grocery shopping?

No!

This thing

you had to hurry off to?

No! I was...

The present.

Devoted 100% to the experience

you were having.

You even had a word for it.

(SCREAMS)

You're out of your mind.

You know that?

It's taken

a lifetime of practice.

We want you

out of your mind, too, Dan.

What is that you do?

Some kind of

martial arts move?

I didn't see it coming.

You weren't paying attention.

Even now you're not.

Your mind's filling up again.

You're missing out

on everything that's going on.

There's nothing going on.

(LAUGHING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(WHIMPERING)

There's never

nothing going on.

Take out the trash, Dan.

The trash is anything

that is keeping you from

the only thing that matters,

this moment.

Here.

Now.

And when you truly are

in the here and now,

you'll be amazed

at what you can do

and how well you can do it.

Until we know more about Kyle,

we need the horse covered,

so...

Anybody who wants

a shot at it, gets a shot.

Where's Millman?

(WATER RUNNING)

(WATER ROARING)

All right,

next man up. Trev?

You know I'm superstitious,

Coach. I gotta go last.

DAN:
I'll go.

All right.

Millman, where the hell

did that come from?

Soc!

Hot damn! I wish

you could've been there.

You would've loved it!

I used your trick.

I used your mind trick

and it worked. It totally

worked. I was awesome.

It's not a trick.

Yeah, well, whatever it is,

I used it.

I took out the trash,

and I mean Trev?

Trev's the one guy

I'm always going up against.

You should have seen me.

I demolished the guy.

You know, I wasn't worried

about what did happen,

or what might happen,

what could happen.

I just got up there

and I cleared my mind.

And I was flawless.

Listen, I'm jumping in

with both feet. All right?

Whatever you tell me to do,

I'm gonna do. No beer,

no meat, no girls, no problem.

How long did you stay

that way, clear and flawless?

"I demolished that guy.

You should have seen me."

You're in the past.

Gloating.

You're not in the now, living.

You haven't learned anything.

Go home.

Training's over for tonight.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Go home, I said.

(BELL TOLLING)

SOCRATES:
Hey, Dan.

(PANTING)

Why do we have to be

all the way up here,

where we could kill ourselves?

I was hoping

you could tell me.

TOMMY:
God!

What do I keep trying for?

I'll never make this cut.

Dad was right.

I'm gonna make him right

if I don't find a way

to do this.

Will I ever forgive myself

if I don't make this cut?

CO ACH:

Where the hell is Millman?

Too good to show up

for practice, now, I guess.

I don't know

how to handle these kids.

What do I say to them?

They're talking,

but their lips aren't moving.

I'm not their mother.

I'm their coach.

TREVOR:
Coach thinks

I'm worthless.

I am worthless.

I'm a worthless piece of sh*t

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