Pride Page #6

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I'm gonna tell you one time.

Don't you ever come around my kids again.

-You understand me?

-You stepped on the wrong toes.

We ain't done yet.

Come around my kids again

and watch what happens to your ass.

I'm not gonna tell you again.

That's a dead man walking.

Just get on home.

Come on, let's get inside.

Mr. Jim?

Hey, what's happening?

I think you need to take a look at this.

We got what we wanted, Mr. Jim.

The Philadelphia Department of Recreation

is pleased to inform us

that we have been sanctioned to...

We've been sanctioned

to hold a meet right here,

at Marcus Foster Pool.

Jim, you keep this up, you'll be unpacking

all those boxes out there.

How did you arrange this, man?

Well, Jim, I know a lot of people, too.

Yeah.

But you might want to thank

that councilwoman, that pretty little girl,

when you get a chance.

You know what I mean.

Thank you, Mr. Jim. Thank you so much.

How are you?

Elston.

Bingo night is on Tuesday

and Easter is eight months away.

Reverend, I've been thinking.

You know, it says in John 3:.16

that God so loved the world,

he gave his only begotten son.

You know it.

Look at you, all decked out.

First meet in PDR in 10 years, Jim.

Yeah, I'm just hoping that some people

show up there for them kids, you know.

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Yeah.

There, they're coming.

Keep your head. Keep your head.

Hey, Bink, good to see you, man.

How you doing?

-How's the kids?

-You know, same old stuff.

Yeah, wife?

Yeah, same, how about you?

What's going on?

New wife, smaller than the last one

but a lot more expensive.

-Yeah.

-You're a smart man

staying married all these years...

Excuse me a second. Say, Coach Ellis.

Hi.

I regret to inform you that

some of my young men

have come down with the flu

on the trip down here today.

And we had the best intentions

to support this community effort of yours,

but unfortunately we are not

gonna be able to compete today.

-So you're saying that you're forfeiting.

-No.

We will reschedule at a different time

and, perhaps, a more appropriate location.

What, some type of 24-hour, 14-minute flu?

You know, I bet you

they gonna feel a whole lot better

by the time they get home. Won't they?

Yeah, I bet they will. Thanks for caring.

If he walks out of here, that's a forfeit.

-They're all sick.

-No, they're leaving.

They can't compete.

-What do you want me to do, Mr. Ellis?

-I want you to be fair.

If that happened to my boys...

No, it's a forfeit.

I guess this meet is canceled.

-Good day, Mr. Ellis.

-Come on, don't do this.

Don't do this right now.

Come on, don't walk away from me.

It's a forfeit.

What's going on?

Where did the other team go?

Just some things don't change.

But thank you.

Thank you for everything you did

in trying to help us but...

I've gotta go and explain this to my kids.

Y'all should be proud of yourselves.

You got a huge crowd here today.

You came here to compete and you won.

Coach.

What happened?

Oh, no, they're leaving now.

-What?

-Why?

You know why.

You can't change some people.

You know, some people

are just born messed up,

but I am so proud of you all.

And I want y'all to walk out of here

with your heads held high.

And tomorrow we'll come back

and we'll practice

and we'll act as if

none of this ever happened.

But y'all are PDR.

I can't believe they're doing this again.

This is our house, Coach!

On your mark.

This is our house, Coach!

On your mark.

This is our house!

On your mark.

This is our house, Coach.

This is our house, Coach.

This is our house, Coach.

He's a man, now. He's a big boy now.

We're just so proud of Andre.

He's the first person in our family

to learn how to swim.

This is great for our community.

It inspires all of us and we love having

the Foster Center come back.

It's wonderful.

She could always swim like a fish.

She was the butterfly champ

at summer camp.

PDR. Number one.

I'm very excited 'cause

I never been outside of Philly before.

Just three months ago,

these kids could barely swim.

Next week, the kids of Marcus Foster Pool

are heading

to the National Swimming Championships

at the University of Baltimore.

I would like to thank Coach Jim Ellis

for all he's done for our youth.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

We really appreciate it.

Absolutely.

Coach, why don't we go inside

so we can interview you by the pool?

Sue, you think you might

get a craving for one of them

healthy slices of cake?

Maybe?

Maybe.

Tonight.

Okay.

Thanks.

Wait.

-Get a shot of this! Get a shot of this!

-Told you, we ain't done.

I can't swim!

Come here.

Now, say something.

-Make sure you got it.

-Come on, man!

-Help me!

-Let him give it to him.

Elston, do something!

Let him go!

Let him go, Coach!

-He ain't worth it, man.

-Come on, help him. Come on, come on.

Get him out of there.

He ain't worth it, Coach.

Mired by another night of violence,

intruder Franklin Pierce

is in stable condition

at Philadelphia Memorial Hospital.

Now, according to police, no charges have

been filed against Coach Jim Ellis.

Now, all this comes on the eve

of what should be the biggest night

for the kids of Foster Rec

who tomorrow leave for the National Finals

at the University of Baltimore.

So, I'm a big hypocrite, you know.

Turns out I'm no better than that little thug.

Tell you something, Elston. I need to quit.

Get out of these kids' way, you know.

What?

Man, if you quit now,

you quit on them kids.

You quit on this center.

You quit on this whole community.

And most importantly, Jim,

you quit on yourself.

I'm glad you came.

You must have seen the report.

Who are you?

Are you a con artist?

You tricked our children into trusting you.

You tricked this community

into trusting you.

First of all, I haven't tricked nobody.

You know where I was?

I was at the police station.

And I told them that Jim Ellis

is not the type of man to hurt anybody.

And you know what they told me?

That you have a record of arrest.

Okay.

There you have it.

The world isn't black and white.

When I was young, I hit an officer.

But I had a damn good reason

for doing that.

I know, I know. You're innocent.

Everybody's always innocent, remember?

I was the one

that put those innocent people away.

And funny how they are innocent

every time.

You know, out of all the people I know, l...

I would think you would understand

that the world isn't black and white.

You almost had me.

You almost had me believing

that you could make a difference.

Good night, Mr. Ellis.

Right on.

What?

On the bus.

Hey, Jimmy.

We brothers.

Let's do it. Let's do it, man.

Good luck.

What's happening, Coach?

You know, when I was a young man,

I made a lot of mistakes.

I made another one yesterday.

That's not the example I want for you.

And I'm gonna have to pay for that.

So I've decided

I'm not gonna be coaching you

but I'm putting myself on suspension.

Wait, so who's gonna coach us?

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