:09:01
Well, I wish I had
a teacher like that.
:09:04
No, he was more than just a teacher.
He was... what... like a force.
:09:08
[Crowd Cheering]
:09:11
At this basketball game once,
we were all chanting...
:09:14
"We're number one!
We're number one," right?
:09:17
So I see Morrie a couple rows down, he's
eyeing us, he's giving us all this look.
:09:21
All of a sudden
he stands up and says...
:09:23
"What's wrong
with being number two?"
:09:26
He actually wanted to discuss that
right in the middle of the game.
:09:29
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
:09:31
Made a really big difference in my life,
and I never even thanked him.
:09:36
Well, you talk about him
as if he were already dead.
You could still go see him.
:09:40
He's in Boston. When am I
gonna find time to go to Boston?
:09:43
Well, make time, if he
meant that much to you.
:09:45
You're on the road half your life.
Why can't you make time
for one trip to Boston?
:09:50
- Why are you getting upset?
- Why do you have such a problem
making time in your life...
:09:53
- Hey, you're that guy
Mitch Albom, right?
- Yeah. Hey...
:09:56
- Hey, man, I read
your column every day.
- Thank you.
:09:58
- I've got an idea for a column.
- Guys, I'm in the middle here.
:10:02
- Gotcha. Hey, we'll talk later?
- I get ideas all the time.
:10:06
Great. Sorry.
:10:09
- [TVSportscaster, Indistinct]
- [Sighs] Anyway...
:10:11
the truth is,
it's too late.
:10:13
All these years I haven't
sent the guy a postcard.
How am I gonna face him now?
:10:17
- [Crowd Cheering]
- Mitch, think...
:10:21
Hey, think of him. Think about
how much it would mean to him.
:10:25
At least call him.
:10:28
In hockey last night,
with the play-off berth at stake
and visions of the golden cup...
:10:32
[Mitch Narrating]
I lived on the phone,
made dozens of calls a day.
:10:35
Why couldn't I make one
to a dying man?
:10:38
The simple answer was guilt,
but it was more than that.
:10:42
I was afraid
of seeing him now.
:10:44
I had a thing about death.
:10:46
- Here's my buddy!
- Hey!
:10:49
Hey. You're one
of the special ones, Mitch.
:10:52
You're gonna keep in touch,
you gotta promise me.
:10:55
- I promise.
- [Mitch Narrating]
I failed that promise.
:10:58
- [Phone Ringing]
- I also had a thing about failure.