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have been a teacher of the Satsang Dharma

Center for the last 30 years.

You're not competing, are you?

Come on, you won!

We're going through the canyons, eh?

Yeah!

Yeah!

Well, what did you think?

You didn't tell me he was an Indian.

If I did, you wouldn't have come.

Look, you just took 20 seconds off the

state record, Phil.

Now, you know as well as I do

what happens to these Indian boys.

They are gifted, natural runners, but they have

no discipline.

They can't take orders.

They're quitters.

Sooner or later, they all end up back

at the reservation pumping gas or dead drunk

on Skid Row.

Now, you know that.

I'm not a quitter, Mr. East.

I ain't gonna end up dead drunk or

pumping gas either.

I ain't gonna quit.

I'd like to come to Kansas and run

for you, Mr. Easton.

I won't let you down.

He's a good kid, Bill.

So, you want to run for me, huh?

Yes, sir.

That race back there, why did you ease

up at the end?

You could have won that by twice the

margin.

I knew I had it.

Well, young man, when you run for me,

you will run my way, and that doesn't

include easing up at the end.

I think you have talent.

I think you might be a fine runner,

but you'd have to pay the price.

I can pay it.

All right, Billy.

I am interested in you, son.

But I'll have to think it over.

It's from Kansas!

Is it from Easton?

Wow!

Here it comes, Billy.

Yeah.

Yeah, here it comes.

You're gonna be the first person from the

reserve ever to go to university, Billy.

And on a scholarship, too.

No, we ain't.

Remember that Robert Summercloud won the football scholarship

to Colorado?

He was back in three weeks.

He was?

How come?

Because he wanted to make them white, that's

how come.

Oh, shut up, Eddie.

You're half white, just like Billy.

Hey, you just remember which half of you

is the best half.

Well, you're right, Espen.

Oh, yeah, sure.

Remember what I told you.

You bet.

I'll come and see you.

Okay.

I'll miss you, Billy.

Listen, Frank.

You take care of yourself, okay?

All right?

You do real good in Kansas, Billy.

Do real good in it.

All right.

Frank, that's beautiful.

Thanks.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

Yeah, take care.

Bye, Billy, bye.

Bye.

Don't forget to write.

Come on, let's go.

Ever since I was a kid, running has

been my freedom, my happiness.

It's made me feel different from everybody else,

and yet it made me feel at one

with everything.

It's kind of scary leaving the reservation, but

I want to prove that this is one

Indian who can make it in the white

world.

And it's all because of my dad, and

because of Frank, who came to live with

us after his parents died.

Frank taught me what to do with my

legs, and my dad taught me what to

do with my heart.

Don't move, Billy.

I'm almost done.

Why do you cut my grandson's hair like

this, this bush cut?

Brush cut, Grandpa, brush cut.

It's the style today, Pa.

White man style.

A man should look like a man, not

a porcupine.

Porcupine.

My grandson will become a porcupine.

Good, let him.

My father's waiting for the buffalo to come

back.

When the white man leaves our country, he

will.

It's their country now, Pa.

It's Frank.

Frank's back.

Hi, you grown.

Let me out a couple of days early,

Pa.

Frank, it's good to have you home, son.

What'd they do to you?

Oh, just one of the guards saying goodbye.

Hi, Grandpa.

Hi, Frank.

Hi, Chester.

Hi, Frank.

You get him for that, Frank?

No use in that, Grandpa.

They just give me more.

You gonna run at the fair tomorrow, Frank?

No, I've run enough, Billy.

I'd just like to sit quiet for a

while.

How about you, Billy?

You gonna run tomorrow?

You bet.

Good boy.

Hi, Eddie.

Hey, Frank.

You okay?

Sure.

I owe you one.

Well, if the guards didn't tell you, Bud's

crooking well.

Come on.

You think Frank will be all right, Pa?

I hope so, Billy.

I sure hope so.

Chester, put the cockney on.

Good night, Frank.

You're a good boy, Billy.

You look after him just like a brother,

don't you?

Mm-hmm.

You know, Billy, with a haircut like that,

you can go anywhere.

Anywhere at all.

Do you need some help?

No.

Thank you.

Hi, Cher.

Hi, how are you?

Good.

At the University of Kansas, we do things

one way.

That's my way.

I believe in one thing, winning.

I'm not interested in how you play the

game or giving it your best or that

old college try crack.

That's just to make you feel better when

you lose.

And if you feel good enough, why, you

could get to like losing pretty well.

But I wouldn't like it.

You are here to win.

We're gonna see if you have within you

that will to win that makes one man

better than another man.

Now, we can't teach that, but if you

have it, we will find it.

You understand that?

All right.

Let's hit the track, men.

Come on,

let's go, Coach.

You're not so fast, Chief.

Middles?

Don't you care that he beat you?

It wasn't a race.

Everything's a race, Middles.

You're a cross-country man.

You don't like track, do you?

Well, you just keep on going in circles.

Track's not fun like cross-country is.

Track can be mean and nasty if you

fight it.

But you gotta love it.

You gotta love it so much you need

it.

It'll come to you.

If anything you need, just come see me.

Thanks.

Think I'm gonna really like it here, Mr.

Easton.

Good.

Just call me Coach, Billy.

Okay, Coach.

March!

Something the matter, Billy?

No, no, no, sir.

Okay, just Coach, Billy.

Right.

Okay, Coach.

Hey, Wilson.

What is it, a toothpick?

Think I lost something?

Ha, ha, ha.

Woo!

Hey, guys.

Piss on him if he can't take a

joke.

Hey, buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy.

You want to try?

No, it's my turn now.

Let him try.

All right, man.

I'm a rich man.

All right, okay.

I got one.

What do you want?

This is my room.

Are you kidding me?

Room 27?

Great.

That half is yours.

You better make room for yourself.

Look, uh, there's

no sense in making a big thing out

of this.

Dennis Riley?

Billy Mills.

Now, listen, what are you, anyway?

I mean, uh, you're not a Puerto Rican

or something.

I'm Indian.

Sioux.

Oh, shit, Sioux Indian, huh?

All right, come on, let's try.

Get that bread, Dennis.

You okay?

Take this out of my mouth.

Four to one, four to one.

Come on, gentlemen.

Place your bets here.

Four to one on sitting bull.

He's big.

Now you gotta get him or it's going

to cost us money.

He's getting tired of drinking.

And there's $10 in my pocket.

When he gets to five to one, bet

on me.

I can take him.

It will be fine.

Come on, get him, get him.

Four to one.

I'm sending bullshit I

want my money You're

the boy money fail Like

to play pot like to win Man, don't

stand for much unless he wins No matter

what it is.

It's got to win at something.

I Like to eat.

I like to keep away But I don't

like that besides You're half white yourself.

No, I'm not.

You have one drop of soup like you're

all soup We told you that grandpa Grandpa

don't understand Billy.

It's a white world and Indian things don't

matter to the white man Maybe someday that'll

change but for now You'll have to go

live among them But I don't want to

go you stay here Things were different then

he's after the war a place else to

go Family needed me.

I should have gone.

No, you'll go instead Pop pop, are you

all right?

It's okay Billy.

It's just a small one.

Just give me a minute No,

no No Right, you know, come here Hey

guys listen up You can't let him box

you in like that He leaned in you

he forced you inside swung in front of

you guy does that to you come here

It's work right there set to you You

just raise him a little bit elbow like

I see just enough to move him to

the outside But not enough for the judges

to see you understand that if he does

get the product of the person You just

get in front of you, and you pull

up right behind him, see?

You're moving along, you're swinging your arms like

you're pumping around there.

Bam!

You hit him.

Bam!

You hit him.

Not enough for them to see you, okay?

Son of a gun, that's a good workout.

Let's hit the showers.

Oh, gentlemen.

Gentlemen, please, just a minute before you go.

Let me remind you that next Saturday is

the Jayhawkers' party at the Millers' house.

And the event is compulsory, gentlemen.

Understand?

Okay, I'll see you all there.

You know, would you care for a drink?

Billy!

Billy, over here.

Billy, this is Roger Douglas.

Roger's with the Midwest Mutual Insurance Company.

They sponsor your scholarship.

They've also been very, very helpful to a

lot of Kansas athletes, both during their education

and afterwards.

Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Well, how's Kansas treating you, Billy?

It's nice.

It's a nice place.

You're that Indian boy, right?

Billy, I want you to take my card.

If you ever need any advice about insurance

or anything at all, you give me a

call.

Anytime.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

Do you

want a napkin?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Chicken's pretty good.

Don't forget the artichokes.

They're canned.

I hate these parties.

Don't you?

I knew you did.

I can always tell.

You can?

Yeah.

By looking in your face.

You're not from around here, are you?

What's your name?

Carlos.

Oh, I'm Agnes Marshall.

I run across the quad.

Billy.

Billy, come here a moment.

This is the young man I was telling

you about.

Cross-country man.

Indian boy.

Billy, come here.

I want you to meet someone.

Hi.

Billy, this is Ed Harris.

This is Mrs. Harris.

And he's president of the Jayhawks.

417.3, right?

Your best high school mile, 417.3, wasn't

it?

I guess it was.

You can take my word for it.

If Ed says it's so, it's so, Billy.

He's amazing.

I hear you're going to bring us a

national title.

Well, it's the team.

We all...

do my best.

I'm sure you will.

Coach Easton has promised us.

Well, it's nice to meet you, Billy.

Enjoy yourself.

Barbara, let's go get you a drink.

Oh, that would be a good idea.

Bye-bye.

Billy.

Billy, Stan Lawson.

Lawson, Lincoln, Mercury.

I just wanted to let you know, if

you ever need a car, financing will get

you the best terms in town, huh?

We're just out on 1820 County Line Road.

Here, you keep one of these.

Oh, thank you.

Huh?

Gentlemen!

Gentlemen!

Gentlemen, please.

I'm so very happy that you're all in

such high spirits.

But may I remind you, Nebraska beat us

last year, and they think they're going to

do the same thing again today.

They've got a new cross-country man.

What's his name, folks?

His name is Joe Yellow Horse.

Did you know him, Billy?

He's sued.

I ran against him in high school.

He's, uh, very fast.

Did you beat him in high school?

Well, son, then let's beat him again today.

All right, men, this is going to be

our strategy for the cross-country.

We're all going to run to the front,

set the pace, and try to burn Nebraska

out, okay?

Coach, uh, I think we'd have a better

chance of beating Joe if we ran from

off the pace.

Well, Billy, what we're going to do is

we're all going to run to the front,

set the pace, and try to burn Nebraska

out, okay?

Okay.

Hey, Joe, good luck.

Thanks, Joe.

Hey, you with us, or, uh...

Gentlemen!

Come on, you guys!

Come on, Caillou!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Guys, you're

slowing down!

Hey, set up a team of the tribe.

All right, all right, all right, all right.

I've got him.

I've got him.

What is that all about?

If he wants to fight, I'll fight him.

Bill, this is a team.

We have to get along together, all right?

I don't like his remarks about Indians.

Ignore him.

It bothers me.

I can't help it.

What do you want me to do about

it?

Send Smurts to bed with no dessert?

That guy's not even in your class as

a runner.

You can run all over him if you

live up to your potential.

Now, I've got a great idea for you.

Why don't you let him judge you as

a runner, okay?

Go take a shower.

Dear sis, I really miss you.

I'm trying very hard to understand how white

people think, but it's not easy.

There's no one here I can really talk

to.

I'm the only Indian on campus, except for

a girl from Wichita, but she's fat.

The campus is so big, as big as

a city, and my studies are very different

from anything I ever had to do at

Haskell.

Sometimes I have to study all night long

and read the same stuff over and over

again.

The next day when I go to practice,

I'm usually so tired I run about as

bad as Eddie's pickup truck.

But don't worry.

I'm gonna make you and everyone else back

home really proud of me.

I love you, and I'll write again soon.

Love, Billy.

Wes Sanjee, Al Iger, the Melbourne Games.

They were my best.

They went beyond themselves.

So, Billy, how's everything going for you here

at Kansas?

I know it's not an easy adjustment to

make.

It's okay.

I've had quite a few Indian runners, good

ones.

Calvin Whiteo, ever hear of him?

No.

Sue from Omaha.

That guy, first race he runs for me,

he breaks the freshman cross-country record by

nine seconds.

That guy ought to be up there on

the wall.

He ran three races, he won them all.

Then he just quit school.

Why?

I don't know.

His aunt took sick.

He had to go be with her then.

He needed to help his family on the

farm for something.

I don't know.

He just never came back.

I guess he didn't know what he wanted.

What do you want, Billy?

I've always dreamed about the Olympics.

Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted

that.

You think you got the stuff to make

it?

I can make it.

Maybe you can.

But you're not gonna make it, Billy, by

easing up at the end of a race.

You let Joe Yellowhorse get close so you

wouldn't embarrass him, right?

Maybe.

Because he's an Indian, right?

Now, son, next time you don't see an

Indian, you just see this guy that wants

to beat you.

Because, believe me, that's all he's got in

his mind.

Billy, once you have a man beaten in

a race, you don't let him get back.

You don't let him come close.

You pour it on him.

You crush him.

So that he knows there's no way in

God's world he's ever gonna beat you, ever,

ever, ever.

If you'd done that to Joe Yellowhorse, you

would've felt him break inside, and you would've

known that you owe him forever.

But now, he's seeking...

Oh, I came close.

I'm gonna take him next time.

Billy, I have plans for you, son.

Big plans.

Kansas has never won an NCAA track title.

You're gonna help us win one.

You've got the legs and the lungs.

You just let me train them, and they'll

take you anywhere you wanna go.

You listen to me, and you do what

I tell you to do.

And they can take you all the way

to the Olympics in Tokyo.

Okay?

Okay, boy.

Go!

Go, go, go!

Push it down!

Go, go, go, go!

Put your foot in, George!

Get out!

Come on, ladies!

Come on, ladies!

Hey, fellas.

Listen up.

Listen, have you guys thought about fraternities yet?

It'll be like a minute.

Don't be smart, Riley.

Well, uh, rush week's coming up, and you

ought to know that this thing's kind of

the traditional track.

When is this?

Friday.

Come on over.

Meet the guys.

See how it feels.

Who wants to meet the guys?

I wanna meet the pros!

All right, gentlemen, gather round.

I'm so very sorry, Mr. Riley, that this

is not your favorite kind of pin-up,

but perhaps it'll inspire you nonetheless.

There he is, gentlemen, the greatest distance runner

in the world.

Four world records.

He's hardly older than any of you.

Ron Clark of Australia.

Now, you just stand there.

Now, you take a long look at that

picture and think about what can happen if

you add a lot of hard work to

a bit of talent.

Good evening, sir.

Good evening.

You guys are great.

Come on, Riley.

Let's do a couple of shots.

Come on.

A hundred shots.

A hundred shots.

Come on.

Mr. Riley.

Where's the beer?

Right across the room, please.

Help yourself.

Mr. Mills.

Really glad you could make it.

Thank you.

This is really nice.

Who invited the Indian?

There's a big deal.

Not me.

So what?

Look, you know the rules.

No Indians allowed.

I don't know any stupid rule.

Look, you invited him.

You asked him to be here.

Do something, folks.

Listen, do you think I can talk to

you just for a minute?

You bet.

You smell so bad.

I feel really bad about this, Billy, but

they won't allow Indians in the fraternity.

Oh.

It's in the charter.

You can become a guest, but you can't

become a member.

If you'd like to, you could still stick

around and have a drink.

Billy.

Hey.

What happened?

It's nobody's fault.

Hey.

It's in the national charter.

Oh, wait.

Let me talk to him.

Thanks.

Hi, Kathy.

Hi.

Hi, Kathy.

Hi, Tibby.

Hi.

Hi.

Come on, girls.

It's lockout time.

Okay.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Wait for me.

Don't dilly-dally, girls.

Let's go.

Hurry up.

Hi.

I'm not waiting all night, Miss Harris.

Hey, you.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Nothing, huh?

Just standing in front of the girls' dorm,

taking a quick look.

No, I wasn't.

What are you doing on campus, Chief?

Don't call me Chief.

You an Indian?

Yes.

I'm on campus because I'm a student.

Well, then, let's have a look at your

I.D. I left it back in the

dorm.

Sure you did.

Let's go have a look.

I can walk myself.

What's going on?

All right, all right.

Which one is it?

27.

Security.

You know the Chief here?

He's my roommate.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

You want to see his books?

Here's my I.D. All right, Chief.

Look, don't call me Chief.

You see the word Chief on here?

I don't want you calling me Chief.

I'm not a Chief.

Oh, yeah?

Well, what are you, then?

I'm a freshman.

Good evening, Officer.

Come on in, freshman.

You want a beer?

Sit down, man.

What's it like on the reservation?

It's like the movies?

You hunt and fish and stuff like that?

Yeah.

Well, is it for fun?

Or, I mean, do you do it because

you have to eat?

For fun.

I used to go with my dad.

That sounds nice.

I never knew my father very well.

My mom and dad were killed in a

car accident.

That's my aunt and uncle.

They took care of me since I was

10.

They're okay.

My dad died when I was 12.

My mother died when I was 9.

Oh, yeah?

A couple of goddamn orphans sitting here.

Down on the Lonely Ranger.

Way to go!

That's the way to finish, Billy.

You own him now.

Very impressive.

Thank you.

You know, I've never been to a track

meet before.

I had no idea it was so beautiful.

You're pretty good at this.

Sometimes.

I bet it's more than sometimes.

Want to get a soda?

Yeah.

Okay.

There goes our national title.

Dear Sis, Three years ago when I came

to KU, I used to run with a

smiling spirit.

I seem to have lost my love for

running.

Now I'm just a machine.

A running machine.

I've made some friends, and there are times

when we really have a lot of fun.

Dennis is a great buddy.

But even when I won the Big 8

mile and the team won the national championship,

I didn't seem to please Coach Easton.

He seems to want something more from me

than just winning.

Thank God for Pat.

When things get difficult, she helps me to

understand.

She has such strength in a quiet way.

And she supports me no matter what goes

wrong.

So don't worry, Sis.

I'm going to find that spirit again.

And whatever Easton wants, well, I'll do my

best to give it to him.

There's our championship flag, gentlemen.

We got one.

What do you think?

Should we go for two?

Rock, rock, KU!

I'm happy to announce the award for the

most valuable athlete of the track meet from

Kansas University, Billy Mills!

Billy, we'll have lunch sometime.

Soon.

Nice race, Billy.

This is your last year.

What's next?

The Olympics?

Um, I don't know.

Just hope we can win the nationals.

What about your troubles in the big races?

You've got great times, but you have yet

to win a national title as an individual

in the Big Eight, and you finished fifth

in the NCAAs last year.

Don't you think there's a problem there?

No.

I think if the team wins, that's what's

important.

Does it have anything to do with you

being Indian?

Well...

I'm half white also.

I don't know which half loses.

Do you?

Not a bad race, Billy.

But you're supposed to run in front, not

come from behind.

Coach, I like coming from behind.

It gives me a good view of what's

going on in the race.

Besides, I wanted to show you my kick.

Billy, you don't have a kick, son.

I want you to show me what I

want, and I want you to run in

front.

You try coming from behind with Ron Clark,

son, and you're not going to see anything

except his butt.

You got to tell him.

He's using you up.

He's sticking you in the mile, two, the

four, and now the relays.

It's just so he can stack up more

points.

You know something?

Sometimes I think that's the only reason we're

here.

Coach, can I get you two additional kicks?

Tell him.

Yes.

They weren't exactly thrilled, were they?

They?

Were they?

No, they weren't.

My father didn't say anything.

He just left the room.

Wonderful.

What'd your mother do, hang herself from a

chandelier?

Billy, stop it.

After all we've done for you and how

you do this, marrying an Indian.

Billy, stop it.

They're just being parents.

They're just being bigots.

Maybe they are a little prejudiced, but it's

just part of being human.

What the hell do you know about prejudice?

I'm sorry that I am just a white,

middle-class American girl, but I'm what you

wanted.

And now that you've got me, you've got

to take the problems that go with me.

And if that means dealing with parents who

are prejudiced, then that's the way it is.

But if you really love me, then let's

face these problems together and beat them.

I know we can do it.

Dear Sis, Sorry I haven't written sooner, but

I've been as busy as a one-legged

man in a fancy dance.

But I have some really good news.

Pat and I are thinking about getting married.

Pretty great, huh?

I'm so disappointed that you won't be able

to come with Frank and Eddie to visit

with me.

We're going to stay at Pat's house while

her parents are away this weekend.

I want you to see what it's like

here.

Well, maybe soon.

All my love, Billy.

Good to see you, Billy.

How are you doing?

Good.

I got something I want to show you.

See this?

Didn't famous bother you?

Better get used to it.

If all our investments paid off like you,

we'd be up there with General Motors.

So let's look past graduation.

How would you like to come and work

for Midwest Mutual?

Really?

This is an old favorite.

A man with your sports name and personal

characteristics.

A lot of companies would love to have

you.

Especially an Indian of your caliber.

Billy, there's a whole world of opportunity waiting

for you.

What do you say?

Sounds great.

Honey?

They're here.

Hey!

What are you guys waiting for?

Come on!

Hey, Billy!

I was afraid to come to the door.

I thought some cracker might shoot me.

Oh, great.

You look great.

You too, Billy.

This is Roseanne.

She's going to be my wife.

And that's Carolyn.

Hi.

Oh, everyone, this is Pat.

Pat, this is Roxanne.

Roseanne.

Oh, Roseanne, sorry.

And Carolyn and Eddie.

Hi.

Oh, great.

You look great.

Yeah.

This is Frank.

Nice to meet you.

Billy's told me a lot about you.

Yeah.

Well, would you like to come in?

Yeah, let's go inside.

Come on.

We have lots to eat and drink.

Come on.

Did you have a good trip?

Yeah, sure.

I've never seen this much stuff in a

pawn shop.

This is really something, man.

Yeah.

What's the matter, Eddie?

Well, we wanted to go down to this

joint and see this band and hear some

music.

Well, maybe we can go after her.

Come on.

So how you doing, Frank?

Oh, all right.

Yeah?

You know, you're sure doing good.

Oh, no.

This isn't mine, Frank.

You have to start thinking about getting a

job.

Pat and I want a place of our

own.

So you wouldn't be coming back home?

Well, I don't know now.

Does this place have an art house?

Yeah, just by the stairs.

What's going on, Eddie?

We drove down here to see you and

have some fun.

I mean, not this thing.

What thing?

Well, you know, all this weight crap.

Here are the paints you got, Frank.

Want to feel them?

Roseanne, let's go.

Yeah.

I've never got anything like this before.

I don't know what to do with it.

Hey, where are we going to go, Eddie?

Oh, we're going to that joint to listen

to music and have some fun.

This is really something, man.

What's the matter, Eddie?

You coming, Frank?

We've only been here 10 minutes.

Do what you want, Frank.

Hey, Frank.

Hey, Frank.

Frank, why are you leaving?

Because he don't belong here and he knows

it.

Shut up, Eddie.

Frank, don't listen to Eddie.

It's me.

Come on, Frank, let's go.

Get out of here, Eddie.

You don't scare me, Billy.

Billy Mills might be a big deal here,

but to me you're nothing.

He is.

Hey, no.

It's okay.

It'll be the first time I've been pushed

around by a white man.

Billy.

Billy.

Billy.

Maybe Eddie's right.

Maybe we don't belong here.

Dear Sis, remember the story Grandpa told us

about the eagle?

When the sky and the earth are both

in flames, where does the eagle land?

He flies until he falls.

Sis, I think I'm falling.

Ladies and gentlemen, the official order of the

finish of the previous event.

First place, Merck, Kansas University.

Second place, Cook, Kansas State.

Third place, Mills, Kansas University.

You died out there.

You got challenged.

You didn't make it.

You quit, son.

I didn't quit.

I just didn't have it today.

Well, Wes Santee had it.

And Al Orner had it.

And all the boys on my wall had

it.

Maybe you did just have a bad race.

Just forget it.

Just take your shower and forget it.

Go!

Go!

Go!

I can't find anything, Coach.

Oh, here.

Thanks a lot.

You've had three bad races in a row,

Billy.

You're gonna ruin it.

I have a feeling.

You're going away.

You're quitting.

I'm not quitting.

Inside you already have, just like Calvin Whiteoat

and all those others.

I just can't run right now.

Well, do you still intend to run in

the Olympics?

Billy, an Olympic runner, doesn't decide when he

can run and when he can't.

He runs all the time.

So you make up your mind, son.

Either you're a runner or a quitter.

Oh, don't keep reading that, Billy.

You know, it used to be when things

went bad for me and I'd ask myself

what I was doing here.

I always had the same thing to fall

back on.

It's simple.

I'm here because I win races.

That's what I do.

I mean, if anything went wrong off the

track, I always had that.

But I'm not winning.

And if I'm not winning, what am I

doing here?

The other day I was so worried about

Frank.

All I kept thinking was, I've got to

get Frank off that reservation.

Well, you want to hear something strange?

A couple of things go bad for me.

I have this run-in with Coach Easton.

And the first thing that I say to

myself is, I want to be back on

the reservation.

The reservation is my home.

I don't know what's happening.

Jim, put on through.

I'll catch you on the 12th.

Billy, give me my putter.

The little one there on the right.

That's it.

We can leave the cart.

Let's go.

Well, Billy, you haven't had a very good

outdoor season.

Easton tells me he thinks you're dropping out.

Everyone seems to know more about me than

I do.

Of course, they tell me.

Well, that's your business.

But you've got to understand, we're all under

a lot of pressure.

Easton's got his pressures.

I've got mine.

My bosses have theirs.

But you see, the people I take into

the company, that reflects on me.

What are you telling me?

It all comes down to you, Billy.

Because you're the one who's out there.

That's the name of the game.

Now, I want to know, can you help

me out?

What do you want?

The Big Eight Championship's in Norman next week.

I'm coming down with my boss to watch.

Win that Big Eight mile, Billy.

Your future may depend on it.

Remember that.

What's up?

Why don't you come in?

I don't want to come in the house.

I just want to ask you something.

What?

What if I asked you to run away

with me?

Just like that, just run away.

I don't understand.

Just take off.

I don't know what would happen.

Maybe we'd end up living in a trailer

park.

We'd work at whatever we could find, but

we'd be on our own.

We'd probably never have anything like your parents

have here.

Maybe sometimes we'd even just be scraping to

get by.

But we'd be together.

And that way, I wouldn't have to be

Billy Mills, the runner, or Billy Mills, the

insurance salesman.

Billy Mills, the Indian.

See, it could just be me.

Just Billy Mills.

That I need to know.

If I asked you to leave right now,

the way things are, would you?

I don't understand, Billy.

What are you trying to tell me?

What's going on?

Billy, wait a minute.

Billy, wait!

Billy!

Billy.

You see, I thought we had an understanding

with this boy.

You know, the other day he just walked

away.

No reason, no explanation, nothing.

Billy, Roger Douglas is here.

Yeah, I know.

He wants to talk to you.

Well, I don't want to talk to him.

Keep him away from me, okay, coach?

Billy, don't you think you can give the

man the courtesy of at least listening to

him after all he's done for you?

That guy doesn't care about me.

He only wants to sell his insurance so

he can keep his damn job.

Just like you want to pile up your

points.

I want you to be a winner.

What does that mean?

I don't know what that means anymore.

I mean, I don't even know what running

means anymore.

Except that it has to do with a

lot of things that I don't even understand.

Well, then, Billy, what the hell is the

answer to your problem, to quit?

All those participating in the broad jump, please

report to the field area.

You've never understood me.

What are you doing?

Exactly what you always said I'd do.

Just like Calvin Whiteoak and all the others.

Hey, coach.

This belongs to old K.U. Let me

tell you something.

I don't.

You're right, Billy.

You don't.

You know why I always had you run

in front?

Because it takes a winner to come from

behind.

I made a mistake about you.

You are no winner, and you never will

be.

Right.

You made a big mistake.

Thanks a lot.

Hi.

You're Billy Mills, aren't you?

Yeah.

How'd you know?

I got your picture.

You're Billy Mills, aren't you?

Your dad says you're gonna run in the

Olympics, are you?

Maybe.

You better.

Welcome home, Billy.

Get in.

Jerk.

Billy.

Hey, Frank.

Billy.

Son of a gun.

Come back.

Come back home.

Yeah.

You all right, Frank?

You want a drink, Billy?

No.

Thanks, Frank.

Come on.

Pa always told me that I'd never go

anywhere.

Well, when I was in the prison, I

saw these pictures in magazines about Paris, where

all the great painters went to live, and

I thought, I'd sure like to go there

someday, just like Pa did in the war.

But Pa always said, Frank, you'll never go

anywhere.

Maybe that was just his way to get

you to stop drinking, Frank.

Uh-huh.

He was right about that.

It's just too late for me.

Just too late.

Hey, cut it out.

Don't talk like that.

But it's not too late for you.

You still got a chance.

You gotta go.

Can you, Robbie?

See?

Zoey, Zoey, come here.

Hi.

You wanna do some singing?

Just like riding a bike, you don't forget.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Told you.

Hey, Frank.

You all right?

Sure.

You all right, Frank?

Sure.

Hey, how about tomorrow we do something together?

Sure.

Hey.

Hey.

Very good to have you home, Billy.

Sure good to be home.

Sure feels good to run again, too.

I told the lady down at the store

to keep all the newspaper stuff about Billy

Mills.

I got a whole scrapbook full of things

just about you.

I never dreamed it was such a big

deal.

It's because they're so proud of you here.

Are you going to the Olympics, Billy?

How come everybody around here keeps asking me

that?

Everybody's always saying they're gonna do something.

Go somewhere.

But nothing ever happens.

Like Frank.

His drawings are better than most I've seen

in books.

Yeah.

But he's afraid to leave.

And he don't like it here at the

same time.

You know what?

If I go to Tokyo, I want to

take Frank with me.

That's nice.

But you go to Tokyo for yourself, Billy.

Just for you.

Frank!

Hey, Frank!

Billy, come back.

I love you, and I'll help you.

Pat.

Hey, Frank!

Frank?

Hey, buddy.

Frank?

Frank?

Frank!

Frank!

Frank!

Frank!

Frank!

Why?

Why?

Billy!

Sound off!

One, two!

Sound off!

Three, four!

Sound off!

One, two!

Three, four!

One, two!

Dear Sis, when we said goodbye, I know

what you must have been thinking.

Billy is running away by joining the Marines.

Maybe I was running away.

But after Frank died, I just couldn't stay

on the reservation.

And I couldn't go back to Kansas, either.

But for now, I have to find my

own place in the world.

A place to heal.

Since I have my degree, the Marines have

given me a commission and everything I need

to get in shape for the Olympics.

But all my hopes and all my plans

are meaningless unless I can share them with

Pat.

You hurt me.

I never knew I could be hurt like

that.

Don't apologize.

It's just that you won't even talk to

me.

You just kind of disappeared into yourself.

Old Indian trick.

Well, what if it happens again?

Sis, I can feel you and Frank and

Eddie, Dad, and all our people alongside me,

running with me every step I take.

So even if it's just through running, this

is my chance to give something back, to

do something for our people.

I'm going to do it.

I'm going to do it.

How's it going?

Okay.

What's this?

It's the latest 10,000-meter wall rankings.

Oh.

I'm not in it.

Well, you always said you liked to run

from behind.

How about dinner?

Sis, if I could only show our people

that the dreams they dream don't have to

stay imprisoned in their minds, that they can

make their dreams happen.

The Olympic Games are my dream, and I'm

going to try to make them happen.

SIREN

BLARES Well, this huge throng here today is

anxiously awaiting the start of the 10,000

meter event.

It rained earlier in the day, and the

track could be a little bit slow.

However, it will not affect Ron Clark of

Australia because he is the favorite in this

event.

He will be given a serious challenge from

Gamuti of Tunisia and Wolde of Ethiopia, plus

the American, Jerry Lindgren, if his ankle can

hold up.

How's the ankle?

It hurts.

All right.

Now, we know Clark's going to try to

go out front early and burn everybody out.

We've got to stay close.

Don't lose contact.

He doesn't have a good kick.

So if you can stay with him, you've

got an excellent shot at the finish.

Billy, hang in there.

Hey, Ron.

Oh, yes.

See you later.

This is the first of the final events

in track and field of this 18th Olympiad

here in Tokyo.

No Americans are among the early favorites.

Well, as I look down, I see now

that some of the runners are warming up,

and we are just about ready to get

this 10,000-meter event underway.

There they go, 25 laps.

The Olympic 10,000 meters.

Jerry Lindgren of the U.S. is in

third place.

Now, the other Americans in this race, we

have Ronald Rue and Mills, Billy Mills, the

former distance runner from Kansas.

Now, he's had somewhat of a checkered career,

but he is really not considered a threat

in this event here today.

Clark is setting an Olympic record pace.

He's really moving.

Continuing in third and fourth spots are Lindgren

and Billy Mills of the U.S. Good

start.

Clark, great.

Yeah.

And at the front, too, we have Baletnikov.

Oldies Ethiopia and Lindgren of the U.S.

This undoubtedly has to be one of the

finest fields ever assembled for the 10,000.

And at the moment, moving into fourth spot,

we have Billy Mills of the United States.

That one's at 7.2. 7.2. Which

one of yours?

Mills, U.S.A. Yeah.

Here's a bit of a surprise now.

Mills has moved into second place, but Clark

still leads at that torrid pace.

Baletnikov, the number 99 oldie of Ethiopia, in

third and fourth spots, followed by Lindgren.

Now, Mills takes the lead for the first

time.

All right, Mills.

Way to go, baby.

Hey, you want a wager on it?

Are you kidding against Clark?

Country versus country.

Ten bucks against 20.

You got it, baby.

You got it.

Ha, ha, ha.

Stay in front, Bill.

There's number 615, Gamoudi from Tunisia, passing Clark

on the outside and moving into second place.

You know, there's a story going around the

press box that Mills is running in borrowed

shoes.

He was not the recipient of the official

Olympic shoes because he was not considered a

potential winner.

And yet here he is at this point

in the 10,000 meters leading the field.

Good boy.

That a boy.

And now making another move is Gamoudi up

on the outside of Mills and moving into

first place.

We've got to watch Clark in this 10

,000 meter race.

There he goes now on the outside passing

Mills and Gamoudi to again take the lead.

An unusually fast pace with continuous changing of

positions.

Shit, there he goes.

He's still in.

Where's Lindgren?

They're laughing at him.

He's got a bad hang, you know?

Glad he isn't just slow.

Can't you shut up?

And now Gamoudi of Tunisia has regained the

lead.

But surprisingly, there goes Billy Mills once more

to lead the field.

This Olympic 10,000 is half over.

And the battle is between Clark of Australia

Gamoudi of Tunisia Wolde of Ethiopia and the

surprise of this race, Billy Mills of the

United States.

The 5,000 meter time is on record

pace.

But the big question for American fans is

can Billy Mills keep it up?

Can he stay with this world-class field?

There's Clark once more moving into first place.

Six laps to go.

Throughout most of this race, Clark has set

an incredible pace but he has not been

able to break Mills or Gamoudi.

Ever-changing position for the lead.

With five laps to go, Gamoudi has now

moved into first.

Clark, Mills and Gamoudi have begun to laugh

other runners in this 10,000.

And now Mills again challenges from the outside.

And into the lead once more, Billy Mills.

Three laps to go.

Without diminishing the pace, Clark moves in front.

Mills right on his heels.

Followed by Wolde and Gamoudi as they laugh

other runners.

The picture becomes confusing.

Now only two laps left and Billy Mills,

the boy from Kansas, again overtakes Clark.

There's the bell for the final lap.

This is it, Billy.

Time to fly, son.

Let's go, boy.

There's 400 meters to go and it's Mills

and Clark.

Mills and Clark.

It's Mills and Clark.

That's it, Mills, go.

Mills is pushed into the third lane as

Clark attempts to pass.

Did you see that?

He pushed him.

Gamoudi pushes his way through to the lead

and Mills trying to regain his stride.

Jostled to the edge of the track is

Billy Mills.

He's fallen back to fourth place.

Wolde's third.

And it's between Gamoudi and Clark.

Gamoudi and Clark.

Well, that can cry about that.

You may not believe it, but Mills is

starting his kick.

He passes Wolde.

And now he's lapping two other runners.

I say, you champs want to see the

finish.

Look at you.

And Clark is trying to close on Gamoudi

and look out here on the outside.

Here comes Billy Mills.

And look at Mills with that chicken.

He drives down the lane on the outside

and he's going to pass Clark.

He passes Clark and he overtakes Gamoudi.

By Gamoudi, like a maverick.

Billy Mills has won it.

Here in the 10,000

meters, Billy Mills the winner.

Well, I guess you do have a kick.

That was the greatest race I ever saw

a man run.

Honored to have worked with you, son.

God bless you, Billy.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Congratulations.