I'm scared, man. Two decades in the joint. Nobody wants to hire an ex-con.

__________1__________. Everything will fall into place.

Mr. Brown, would you mind doing me a quick favor?

Everybody, have a seat.

You here to clean the blackboard?

Come on, y'all. Have a seat.

Or what? You some kind of tough guy?

You wanna find out? Huh?

These kids, man.

They see that ____________2_____________, and I don't blame them for thinking that way.

Anybody know how to play chess?

Everyone on the board is here for one reason and one reason only: to protect the king.

In here and in life,

you must think before you move.

Checkmate.

Where did you learn how to do that?

It's just a simple stupid game, man.

You ain't got no job, you ain't got no money, you ain't got no opportunity, nothing.

This is your life.

One mistake...and it can be taken away.

You know you've got a ticket out of this place. You just need a discipline.

Let's go. _____________3______________. But he's with me.

Chess is not different than life.

I didn't see the endgame and it cost me, man, it cost me big.

But then, I learned.

What did you learn?

I learned the board.

You started something here.

Now, listen. No trash talking, no cursing. Just play your game.

No trash talking, no cursing? It is my game!

Check!

You ready?

As I'll ever be.

Isn't creating a champion what this is all about?

No, sir. It's about learning how to play the game.