Peaceful Warrior Page #3

and Millman's always

gonna be better than me.

Am I reading their minds?

Maybe you just never really

listened to them before.

I've only got

four qualifiers left.

I've got to get new mats.

I can't stick this

double double. My line's

not straight on the bar.

I'm such a worthless

piece of sh*t.

(INDISTINCT VOICES)

You gotta be doing this.

Otherwise I'm losing my mind.

Sometimes you have to

lose your mind before

you come to your senses.

Millman!

It's about time you showed up.

Thanks for joining us.

Go home, I said.

What did you just do to me?

You have to be strong

if you're gonna do this, Dan.

What did you do?

Where I'm gonna take you,

some of the things

I'm gonna show you,

you're gonna need strength.

And you're gonna need

to trust me.

TREVOR:
So it's hot as hell,

and this penguin,

he's pushing his

broken-down car

past the 31 flavors.

So, suddenly he's practically

burying his face

in a large vanilla

when he sees

a service station.

So he goes over,

the mechanic opens up the hood

and says,

"Looks to me

like you've blown a seal."

The penguin wipes his mouth

and says, "Hey, screw you!

It's ice cream."

What's up, Tommy?

Hey, Trev.

TREVOR:
Hey, what's up with

the rabbit chow, Middleman?

All right, I got another one.

A man, a duck

and a big-breasted nun

walk into a bar, right?

So, this old guy

did this high jump.

Did this really high jump.

And?

I'm kind of doing

what he tells me

so I can find out

how he did it.

Wait a minute.

You're letting somebody else

coach you?

No.

Well, what's he doing to you?

'Cause you look like crap.

I don't know.

I don't know

what he's doing to me.

You better get away from it,

Middleman.

We got qualifiers in four

weeks and you're looking like

a worthless piece of sh*t.

Hey!

Joy, right?

Mmm-hmm.

I need to talk to you

about our mutual friend.

Socrates?

If he didn't

tell you his name,

you won't get it from me.

Yeah, why didn't he tell me?

I mean, I don't know anything

about the guy.

I'm serious.

All right? He's supposed to be

making me stronger,

making my life better.

It's just the opposite.

What's he doing?

What are you worried about?

I want to know

who I'm dealing with here.

(BELL TOLLING)

Come on, come on.

Tight. Keep it tight, Danny!

No! No, you're shaking!

You're shaking!

What the hell

are you doing up there?

Yeah, I'm off today.

Oh. You're off, huh?

Well, you've been off

for one hell of a streak,

Millman.

First you're a dream

on the horse and now you can

barely stand up straight.

Huh?

Next time you're tired,

go take a nap

instead of coming to practice.

(PANTING)

lke, your key?

Yep, all right.

Voyeur.

How we doing tonight?

How am I doing?

I'm tired, I'm hungry

and I'm horny.

How are you doing?

I need some answers tonight.

I need to know that this...

That this is all going

somewhere, and I need to know

it right now.

I mean, what kind of a warrior

trains by sitting around

scrubbing toilets?

When you become a warrior,

you learn to meditate

in every action.

Scrubbing toilets?

Letting go of attachments.

Like your pride.

Giving up your addictions.

Yeah, name one thing

I'm addicted to.

Talking.

Especially interrupting.

Knowing everything,

when in fact you know nothing.

You really think that this

is going to expand

my awareness of anything?

My game is off!

My coach probably thinks

that I'm on drugs,

and I'm thinking...

(SIGHS)

I just don't have

any more time for you

right now.

All you have is right now,

Jack.

Did you just call me

a jackass again?

'Cause, you know, I'm really

starting to wonder

how someone with the life

that you've managed

to put together

can teach me anything.

I mean, are you really happy?

Maybe you're just a case

of someone who, not having

made much of themselves,

says that the world is lost

and all these things

don't matter.

Be happy with less, right?

Less than what?

Less than nothing?

I call you a jackass

when you act like a jackass.

Like now, Dan, when you're

letting your emotions

control you.

This isn't emotion!

This is common sense!

You know what?

Let me tell you something,

whatever your name really is.

When I get what I want,

I'll be happy.

For real and forever

and anything else

I say it'll be.

'Cause I will make it happen.

ALL:
Three, two, one!

Drink! Drink! Drink!

Danny, good.

That's it, Danny.

Steady.

Good. All right, come on!

Bring it home!

That's what I remember

about you, Millman!

You were good.

I needed this.

Needed to escape.

Lucky me.

Yeah, and lucky me.

You guys

are in such great shape.

So if I wasn't

in such great shape,

wasn't on the gymnastics team,

just had a regular body,

you wouldn't be into me?

If I didn't have this body,

would you be into me?

(ALARM BEEPING)

(HORN HONKING)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

(BRAKES SCREECHING)

(CRASHING)

(GLASS TINKLING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

TREVOR:
Hey, Middleman.

I don't know what to say.

Hey.

Got the whole team here.

You ran a red light, man.

Can you believe that?

You gotta get better, man,

'cause...

You ran a red light.

...whose ass

am I gonna kick at practice?

Don't waste your energy.

Keep that mouth shut.

Dan?

(MONITORS BEEPING)

Dan?

I hear your folks are waiting

down in the cafeteria.

I don't want my folks.

I want to know

what's going on.

I'm gonna tell you,

but your parents

will probably...

I don't need anyone

to hold my hand right now.

My leg is in a cast.

When does it come off?

Your leg didn't just break,

Dan.

It shattered.

You fractured your femur

in 17 different pieces.

We had to take bone

from your hip and pin it

to your leg with a steel rod.

How long for it to come out?

It doesn't come out.

Now, in a few months,

you'll be able to start

the rehab process.

You can talk to your

physical therapist,

and, with some hard work,

I'm sure you'll eventually

be able to walk again.

Now, I know it might not

sound like it right now but,

given what happened,

that makes you

a very lucky young man.

(BELL TOLLING)

RUNNER:
Hey, Bob, come on!

(CHATTERING)

Hey, stranger.

Hey.

I heard you got out

of the hospital.

How you doing?

Okay.

I thought about you.

Yeah?

Can I try something?

Warm hands.

Wow.

Really warm.

You ever hear of

the healing power of touch?

No.

But, at this point,

I could be talked

into anything.

I'm not coming on to you, Dan.

Shouldn't you be healing

my leg instead of my chest?

Maybe I don't think your

leg is the only thing

that got broken.

I know this is

a scary moment for you.

Are you paying attention

to it?

How is the old man?

Why don't you ask him?

He ever ask about me?

That was bad.

That was, like,

me sounding like...

That was bad.

That was you sounding

like you miss him.

You know, he came

to visit you in the hospital.

I'll see you around.

Hey, Coach.

Millman?

Good to see you, man.

Looks like you're bulked up

in the shoulders a little.

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