0:00:03 > 0:00:09This programme contains very strong language.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34MOTOR STARTS
0:01:53 > 0:01:58I've been out in clubs, I've been out all over the place and people will come up to me, shake my hand
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and say "It's good to see you out."
0:02:01 > 0:02:03And I look at them like, "Good to see me out?"
0:02:03 > 0:02:05"Am I supposed to be in a closet?"
0:02:07 > 0:02:12What I can do that probably people don't think I can do is, I can cook and I can drive.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17I may not be a great cook, might not be a great driver, but I can do both.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26People say the dumbest things. I'll be loading groceries into my car, "Do you need help in your car?"
0:02:27 > 0:02:31It's like, I wouldn't come to the store if I couldn't get back in my car.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I've gone up to people, talking shit and they go, "Oh..."
0:02:37 > 0:02:42I go "What, you're not going to hit a kid in a chair? Fucking hit me, I'll hit you back."
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Quadriplegic rugby was developed in Canada and the original name was murderball.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17What we do is take these wheelchairs and make 'em into a gladiator, a battling machine,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21a Mad Max chair that can knock the living daylights out of each other.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Most people that play wheelchair rugby have broken their necks.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32So we have rods, plates, screws inside.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37The biggest misconception is that quadriplegics can't move their arms.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I'm like "No, I have impairment in all four limbs."
0:03:41 > 0:03:45The higher you break your neck, the less mobility you have.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47So we're given point values ranging from half a point
0:03:47 > 0:03:51to three and a half points, based on what you can move.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54You can't exceed eight points on the court at one time.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59I'm a two, because I have some hand function and full arm function.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04My hands don't close, they only open, so, like spatulas for pancakes, for flipping' people off.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09When I was 16, I was in a car accident, car hit a tree
0:04:09 > 0:04:13and made the car flip and the roof came down on my head.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And I became an incomplete C6 quadriplegic.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I was out on the back porch and he picked a fight with me
0:04:20 > 0:04:26and he picked me up and threw me off the deck and he punched me and it snapped my spinal cord.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31I've got a few muscles left, but for the most part, my trunk's paralysed to about right here.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I've got a bicep, my triceps are paralysed, I've got little finger function.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Hold on, let me move 'em. Did you see? I moved 'em.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44One thing we do to help grip the ball is we add some kind of glue
0:04:44 > 0:04:48so it's sticky and you can pick the ball up and throw it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I'm a three and my grip is affected.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54I can't close that.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Plus I'm missing a muscle in my left shoulder.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00My accident happened in Florida when I was 18.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03My buddy spun out, threw me into a canal. I spent 13½ hours in the canal
0:05:03 > 0:05:06holding on to a branch until somebody found me.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15He has always been what I call a tough kid.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19I know very few people that would ever fuck with Mark.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25Just to see him out on the court with the tattoos up his arm and the goatee, he's intimidating.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28He's one of these players people try to stay away from.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Jason...
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Where you want to go, down or up?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- I have backup.- Where?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Where? Where? Where?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Where do you want to go?- Shut up.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48You want us to call security?
0:05:48 > 0:05:54My hypothesis on Mark was, he was very much an asshole before he was in the wheelchair, so any attempt
0:05:54 > 0:06:00to try and point to the wheelchair or the accident as the cause of his grumpiness would be an utter hoax.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25We just arrived today from Stockholm and we just saw a lot of people
0:06:25 > 0:06:29in wheelchairs and of course wondered what they're doing.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31THEY PERFORM THE HAKA
0:06:41 > 0:06:44One, two, three!
0:06:44 > 0:06:46USA!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Rugby! Yeah!
0:06:50 > 0:06:55The United States has dominated the sport of wheelchair rugby for the last ten years.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00I'll be the first one to say, look, I just want to beat the bloody Americans, more than any team.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08We find the United States pretty arrogant,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- they've been winning this game for a long time. - That's what we came to fucking do.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16There's been, I believe, 11 international competitions.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18The US has won all of 'em.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Round 'em up!
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Um... yeah, I can, but Kevin came over here during one of our games
0:07:48 > 0:07:52and we weren't, so you want to kick us out the same way.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Fuck you, bitch.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02"Joe Soares may be the best quad rugby player in the world."
0:08:02 > 0:08:07"Childhood polio took Joe's ability to walk, but not his drive to excel."
0:08:07 > 0:08:11My Uncle Joe, you go to his house and he has this wall of fame,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15it's not just a small shelf, it's huge.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Joe's one of the most competitive men I've ever been around. It shows in his sports accomplishment.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Being around him is like being around Elway - just a great competitor.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32In '96, Joe was the man.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34That gold medal, he was a huge part of that.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Unfortunately, his speed went down, he became older,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41so he got cut.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46Joe got a little upset, a little angry he didn't make the team, tried to take us to court.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51He pissed and moaned and cried over it and he lost all of his protest.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Just because things didn't work out for him, he jumped ship and left to go up north.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57And now he's coach of Team Canada.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Canada!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Yeah!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05He took the plays with him, took some of our calls with him
0:09:05 > 0:09:07so he'd know when to attack and how to attack.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09USA, learn a new way!
0:09:10 > 0:09:13If Joe was on on fire, I wouldn't piss on him.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Yeah, yeah!
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Yeah!
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Yeah, baby, yeah!
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Yeah? Any time, big boy.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26He thought I should respect him for just who he was.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Fuck you, I ain't gonna respect you for who you are.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31You've got to gain respect.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I'll remove you from my face if you yell in it again.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37If you think you're man enough, OK?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Go fuck eggs, boy.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54This is ours for the taking, boys!
0:09:54 > 0:09:59This is ours! So tonight, no drinking, go to bed early and get ready for USA in the finals.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04You got that? All right, boys, great job, great job, great job!
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Tomorrow, I don't want to see anyone talking to anyone except your team.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20They're gonna be talking all kinds of trash, Joe's gonna say whatever the hell Joe says, I don't care.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24The only reason Joe went to Canada is to beat the United States
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- and we're gonna kick the shit out of them.- It's our time!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30We wanted them, we got 'em!
0:10:31 > 0:10:33This is it!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36On the count of three, loud and proud!
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- Loud and proud, 1, 2, 3...- Yeah!
0:10:40 > 0:10:41USA! USA!
0:10:41 > 0:10:49- USA!- The objective, basically, is to inbound the ball, we play on a regulation basketball court,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51you go from one end to the other.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Stop the ball, stop the ball,
0:10:53 > 0:10:59- stop the ball! - Two wheels have to cross over the line with possession of the ball
0:10:59 > 0:11:00then you get one point.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05The other guys stop you by slamming their chair in to you.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Help him! Dave, Dave, help him!
0:11:09 > 0:11:13You have to dribble the ball or pass to a team-mate every ten seconds.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Other than that, it's basically kill the man with the ball.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Everybody get back. Everybody get back! Get the hell back!
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Get over here! Get over here!
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Everybody over here. Everybody stay here.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Cheap crap!
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Motherfuckers.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Blow the whistle, please.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54You've got Declan right there, he's behind you.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Pick it up! Pressure! Pressure!
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Hit 'em! Hit 'em!
0:12:03 > 0:12:05USA down!
0:12:11 > 0:12:17- Pick this man, that's your job. - When you're back here, last man standing, stay with him.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Go, Dave, go, Dave, push, push!
0:12:24 > 0:12:26USA, USA!
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Yeah!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Fuck!- We're gonna do this, guys!
0:12:37 > 0:12:39It's gonna happen right now.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- 1, 2, 3...- USA!
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Ten seconds.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- It was really an exciting thing. Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58My pleasure. Great job.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02# Oh, Canada
0:14:02 > 0:14:08# We stand on guard for thee
0:14:09 > 0:14:12# Oh, Canada,
0:14:12 > 0:14:20# We stand on guard for thee. #
0:14:25 > 0:14:26DISCO MUSIC BLARES
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Kiss them medals.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Hey, buddy, skol!
0:14:42 > 0:14:45We love you! You're the best coach!
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Fuck.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Andy. Andy, do I need to buy you a beer or something?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Do I need to buy you a beer?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58If we had lost, I would have been happy for your ass.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03If you had paid your dues in the US, you would have been fucking head coach...
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Paid my dues? I paid my dues for 12 years, buddy.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11You know what, you've got many years to play afterwards. Guess what, bud?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- That was my last shot, baby.- How does it feel to betray your country, man?
0:15:35 > 0:15:3758, 59...
0:15:37 > 0:15:42There's a perception that everyone can play this game, but you start with 500 players
0:15:42 > 0:15:49that play in the United States, we whittle down that group and get our best 12 players.
0:15:49 > 0:15:56And the level of play that's gonna be in Athens is far higher than world championships was in 2002.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01You gotta pull in the 12 guys that are gonna have your back in order to win a gold.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Five minutes. All players!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Let's do a game called sweat.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13It's five cards up each time.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Your call, buddy.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Out.- Out.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- All right, I'm in.- Bobby!
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- Flip 'em. What you got?- Full house.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Explain why you think he's interesting.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- We respect Joe, hopefully he respects us, that's it.- I don't.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37- He tried to help us with some fundamentals, tried to help us with some clutch situations.- Who cares?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Does that make him a shining star?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Does that mean you go and coach Canada?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Professionally, there's nothing wrong with it.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47That's the second stupidest thing I've heard.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52At this camp, I heard Sam say he doesn't like big tits and he'd dump a girl with big tits.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Don't lie.- It's over.- Don't lie.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59- They get in the way. - I like athletic girls, that's what I said all along that night.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01You'll never live that one down.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07- I'm OK with my sexuality, I can say I don't like big tits.- You like shoes though.- I do like shoes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Everybody that gets hurt thinks they're gonna walk again.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Your mind becomes a bigger disability than physical stuff.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I had the idea that I would walk again
0:17:22 > 0:17:26so I was just gonna hide and deny the whole thing until it went away.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30I didn't go outside, I even got to the point where I got scared
0:17:30 > 0:17:35to get the newspaper in the morning cos I thought people would look at me in the driveway.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37And that kind of fed itself.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45What's really hard is the first two years.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Quadriplegics, after they have broken their neck
0:17:48 > 0:17:52and they've got very little function, they can't do anything for themselves.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56They've got someone helping them, someone wiping their ass
0:17:56 > 0:18:00and they work for three to four years trying to get independent.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05It's a mind fuck in the beginning and then either you make it or you don't.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38All his life, as soon as he was able to get on a tricycle, he's been on wheels.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Bicycles, dirt bikes, quads -
0:18:42 > 0:18:44he loved wheels.
0:18:44 > 0:18:50Now, one of the favourite things in the world to Keith hurt him.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56You got it.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58All right!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Now come back down.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04When you go down to that gym,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09you realise how much you're broken down,
0:19:09 > 0:19:14you're really almost at an infant's level.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20You get frustrated because you can't even lift your arm up to itch your nose.
0:19:20 > 0:19:26Just shaking hands with somebody, I can't even make a firm grip with my hand to present myself.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30And that type of reality check,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33you just, you can't explain to anybody.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Yeah, the Velcro's put on too tight.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Hello, my name's Joe Soares and I have to tell you, brother,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26this is the wall that's about me.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28These are the trophies I've won.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31So we go through all this and we have Texas, Texas, Texas.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Those are my MVPs. Those are my MVPs.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I'm doing you, Joe.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Come on over here, Joe, we're having fun.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48This here is the gold medal from Sweden that we won, Joe.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52We're glad that you can keep it in this room.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- He's got the Canadian flag put proudly there.- Raider!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Raider!
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Hey, did someone invite this guy?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Did someone invite this guy over here?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04To go from winning gold medals for the US,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07just because he's snubbed at one try-out camp,
0:21:07 > 0:21:13he's gonna turn around and snub his entire country? Because he is Benedict Arnold!
0:21:13 > 0:21:15OK, Benedict Arnold was in a war
0:21:15 > 0:21:20and when he betrayed his country, many people died because of that.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26- OK? This isn't a war.- It's war to me, baby. Look out, Athens!
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Robert, open this up and let me know if you want it cooked longer.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36OK, open it up now. Get a fork and use that knife.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Just cut a piece at the corner.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- What would you say? - I don't know, cut a little piece off.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46It's your taste, not mine.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I've no idea what you like.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I know you like it warm, but...
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I know, but I like it one way, you like it another.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Cut this for me.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57You cut it. Guess what, I'm busy.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Put it in here.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05And one, and two, and three.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08# We're Canada rugby We're far from our home
0:22:08 > 0:22:12# When people don't like us They leave us alone
0:22:12 > 0:22:16# We drink to get drunk We're far from our home
0:22:16 > 0:22:20# We're Canada rugby So piss off and die #
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I'll just say one thing, OK?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Curfew, ten o'clock.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32In a year and a half, we have become
0:22:32 > 0:22:38the strongest family I've ever had, as far as a second family, OK?
0:22:38 > 0:22:43You guys have really made me feel right at home and I absolutely consider you guys my boys.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47You guys are my boys and you'll be my boys for a long time.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53# TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR
0:23:00 > 0:23:06This is the poster my dad got when he went to the Paralympics in 1996.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11He's right here getting chased by a guy with his ball.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14This is a shirt that my dad ended up giving to me.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19He didn't actually want it any more though, but I don't know why.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23It has the quad rugby team from 1996 on it.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27There's Joe. Right there.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31- There's Dad.- Dad. There's the dad.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38My dad is one of the best rugby players in the world,
0:23:38 > 0:23:43but it's annoying to dust my dad's trophy wall because you have to get up on a ladder
0:23:43 > 0:23:49and go all the way up to the top and dust up there and dust in and out and around every single trophy.
0:23:49 > 0:23:55Robert's known for two things, getting nothing but As and Bs
0:23:55 > 0:23:58and that his dad's in a wheelchair and plays wheelchair rugby.
0:23:58 > 0:24:06My son's report card, he received an award of merit for his outstanding performance as school safety patrol.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09You get trophies for good work,
0:24:09 > 0:24:15I got this for the Amethyst team high honour roll for conduct, grades and behaviour.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Hey, hey - you take first.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Joe never sat and bitched to me
0:24:23 > 0:24:26that "My kid doesn't do this, or doesn't do that",
0:24:26 > 0:24:28but you could hear it in some of the things he'd say.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31"He doesn't play sports and I wish he would"
0:24:31 > 0:24:34and he'd try to get him to try something and it wouldn't stick.
0:24:35 > 0:24:406th grade year was really hard cos before I got moved into advanced class,
0:24:40 > 0:24:45kids thought I was just a smarty-pants and a know-it-all and all the other stuff.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Kids get very jealous and want to pick on me and Robert, or just Robert.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54One day I ripped a page out of his book to teach him a lesson.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57And I'll do it again if he acts up again.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03I always told him, if some bully's pickin' on you, if you have no other recourse
0:25:03 > 0:25:06and they're coming after you, go right for the nose.
0:25:06 > 0:25:14I remember I was seven or eight and there was this one kid, he would call me cripple and gimp and everything
0:25:14 > 0:25:20he made me really mad and I made sure I waited for the right opportunity and I was close enough to to him
0:25:20 > 0:25:25and I was sitting on the ground, cos of course I couldn't walk, and I tripped him and he went down.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30And when he did I jumped on him and just beat the living hell out of him
0:25:30 > 0:25:33because my upper body was a lot stronger than his.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Sink like a rock.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Mark is definitely what I would classify as a jock.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57That's freezing!
0:25:57 > 0:26:02And I would never have given any thought to hang out with jocks, to be honest.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07When I met her, she was doing an internship at the morgue.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10How many girls do you meet that work at the morgue?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14And that are cool and enjoy it and are cute?
0:26:14 > 0:26:21I actually really miss working at the morgue, I miss the work, I miss the people.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24# Here is the church And here is the steeple
0:26:24 > 0:26:27# We sure are cute For two ugly people...
0:26:28 > 0:26:35First time I saw Mark Zupan was at a friend of ours' funeral.
0:26:36 > 0:26:42He rolled in, introduced himself and I don't think we've had a moment apart, from that night.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53I really think it's curiosity that attracts a lot of girls to quadriplegics
0:26:53 > 0:26:57and I think also, to some extent, it's the mothering instinct.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02# ..doesn't mean we're not smart I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else
0:27:04 > 0:27:10# But you are always trying To keep it real I'm in love with how you feel... #
0:27:12 > 0:27:16I had a girlfriend prior to the injury
0:27:16 > 0:27:21and as I get discharged from here and I get back to my private life,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25how would that affect, will I be able to be sexually active?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29The short answer is yes.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32We have a video to show how to do it,
0:27:32 > 0:27:38as time goes on we're gonna go through a whole programme of what techniques you may need.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Often, adjustment after spinal cord injury involves a re-evaluation,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52or reordering of priorities in one's life.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55One must work through the issue of, why did this happen to me,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and make a conscious decision to move forward in life.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Women are not threatened by the guy that's in a chair.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08They come up, strike up a great casual conversation
0:28:08 > 0:28:11and you're like "Is she seein' the chair or is she seein' me?"
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Everyone says, "What's your approach, how do you work these women?"
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Fuck it, man, The more pitiful I am, the more the women like me.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21The girls who like you, there is one question
0:28:21 > 0:28:23that pops in their head pretty quick.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27But they don't wanna say it, so they say, "Oh, how did you get hurt?"
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- Yeah, I can move 'em.- It takes 10 or 20 minutes of working that chick
0:28:34 > 0:28:39and then she finally drops the bomb - can you do it?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42No, it's all still very, very good.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47- I think everyone here, ding, ding, ding.- Why, is there some can get it up but not...?
0:28:47 > 0:28:54It's not a given with every quad. When I first got injured, I was in intensive care
0:28:54 > 0:28:59everyone was curious to how much function I was gonna have when I came out of my coma.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04I was about ready to wake up and the nurses decided to give me a bed bath
0:29:04 > 0:29:06and one nurse got so excited that I got a woody,
0:29:06 > 0:29:10she ran outside and got my mom and showed her my erection.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Really?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Physical changes occur immediately after spinal cord injury.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Before you engage in any sexual activity with a partner,
0:29:19 > 0:29:22it would be helpful to know how your new body works.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26This can most effectively be accomplished by masturbating.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29In rehab, the first thing I learned how to do was jerk off!
0:29:29 > 0:29:34That was the very first thing - I'd rather be able to grab my meat than grab a toothbrush.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38You break your neck and these things may be impaired,
0:29:38 > 0:29:42but, you know, that still works
0:29:42 > 0:29:45and when you're in a chair, you usually like to eat pussy.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52It's humorous at times to watch the process of trying that.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56You might fall over or have to do some modifications to it.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59So does the girl have to be on top?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01A lot of girls like being on top.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04I've got a kind of modified doggy style that I've perfected.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Since I have less hand grip, I use a towel.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12I wrap a towel or belt around her waist, then I hold it right there,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15and then do my thing, you know.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20'My first full-on sex, after being in a wheelchair,'
0:30:20 > 0:30:25was a very great moment in my life, just knowing that I could still, not just the physical act,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29but you could still go out one night, meet a girl and get lucky.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Things you don't think are possible any more.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38I try to be constructive, OK?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41You've got to be able to accept it. You can't be sensitive.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43If you do your job, will I yell at you?
0:30:43 > 0:30:47How do you think you guys got to this level?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50That's because when you mess up, you lead someone in.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Let me ask you something. When you were growing up,
0:30:53 > 0:30:57and your dad told you not to do something, and you did it,
0:30:57 > 0:31:01what did he have to do? He had to ground you. Whichever way.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Well, guess what. I'm the same way. I've got to do that, OK?
0:31:05 > 0:31:09'My theory on discipline, if you start early and let them know'
0:31:09 > 0:31:14you will back up what you say, then usually, by age five, discipline is already established.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Please don't do that. Don't do that again.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Did you hear me? Stop acting up.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I'm not acting up.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Robert, go with Mom.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- No, I want...- Go with Mom now.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I want to stay here.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33INAUDIBLE
0:31:33 > 0:31:35If I have to say it again!
0:31:36 > 0:31:42'If you give 'em tough love, they learn the difference from wrong and right. My dad was a police officer.'
0:31:42 > 0:31:48If you bad-mouthed him or did anything at all, there were consequences. He was very hard-nosed
0:31:48 > 0:31:52and he had really huge hands and hit really hard.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57I let him know that it isn't even close,
0:31:57 > 0:32:00what I do to him, what my father did to me.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Thank you.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15- Robbie won't... Robbie's not gonna want that, is he?- No, he won't.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52'Rugby at one point took over a lot.'
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Rugby, rugby, rugby...
0:32:54 > 0:32:57They used to be like...
0:32:57 > 0:33:00addicted, it's like an addiction.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02It's like some drug for him.
0:33:02 > 0:33:08When he comes closer to the time when the game is going to go on,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12he gets more edgy, more irritable.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17- I was up this morning at 6.30, I went to bed at...- I guess we're doing it tomorrow.- We're doing it tomorrow.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21I thought we could do three threes and a deuce out there...
0:33:21 > 0:33:26'The doctor wants him to take it easy and not get over-stressed.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29'And Joe is continuing to coach'
0:33:29 > 0:33:31and he wants to continue to play.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35No! No! No, he doesn't have the ball!
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Get outta there! Oh!
0:33:43 > 0:33:46On the count of three!
0:33:46 > 0:33:48One, two, three...
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- Do you want 50 or 25?- 50.- 50?
0:35:31 > 0:35:37I was playing college soccer, we went out after a game we won, I had a few too much to drink,
0:35:37 > 0:35:39so I went and passed out in my buddy's pickup truck.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44He crashed and I went flying.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48He was drunk and that was that.
0:35:48 > 0:35:54Knowing Zupan and Igoe as well as I do, this day, ten years later,
0:35:54 > 0:35:57sometimes I feel worse for Igoe than I do for Zupan.
0:35:57 > 0:36:03Why isn't Igoe at our 10-year reunion? There was apprehension on both their parts. This is difficult.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08I believe he feels, if he came here, some part of Igoe's mind would say,
0:36:08 > 0:36:14"Everyone in this reunion will be saying, 'There's Mark and the guy that put him in the wheelchair.'"
0:36:22 > 0:36:26They were two best friends, and after the accident,
0:36:26 > 0:36:31Chris Igoe thought I was gonna beat the shit out of him.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33And I hugged him.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35What else could I do?
0:36:35 > 0:36:41I said, "This was an accident, I know you didn't do this intentionally,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44"so don't worry about it.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46"But you are responsible.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49"And don't forget that either."
0:36:50 > 0:36:54I didn't have a lot of anger, I had a lot of concern.
0:36:54 > 0:37:01I had concern that my son was gonna die and that Chris wasn't going to survive the mental challenge.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05It's gotta be horrendous to live with that every day.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- Your best friend. - It has to be horrendous.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22The night of the accident started pretty innocently enough.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27We were doing shots with the girls and just slamming beers senseless.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Next thing I know, I'm getting woken up by the bouncer.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Um...you know, I'd driven drunk prior to that.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39You know, everybody pretty much had. It wasn't a big deal at that point.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I'm just thinking, "I'm gonna get home."
0:37:52 > 0:37:56He had to have got launched all the way over this
0:37:56 > 0:37:58and landed in the canal.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03And I had absolutely no idea that he was in the truck.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05I...
0:38:05 > 0:38:09And I had a long, hard time, you know, accepting that fact
0:38:09 > 0:38:11because it was...it's just so...
0:38:13 > 0:38:15..foreign.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18For me to come back and see this,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20it's...
0:38:20 > 0:38:22I don't know.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27You know, I'm not getting a real emotional reaction, it's just...
0:38:27 > 0:38:30a place that something bad happened.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34There was an accident, you know, it was simply an accident.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50People talk about hitting rock bottom.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I mean, I...
0:38:56 > 0:39:01Not to sound overly dramatic or anything, but I was definitely...
0:39:01 > 0:39:05acting suicidal, whether I knew that or not.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12They're possibly the two worst personalities for this accident to happen to together.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15You've got Zupan, who's not an emotional person,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18that's gonna say, "Let's get all this out.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22"You feel guilty, I understand your guilt, I can help you."
0:39:22 > 0:39:26You've got Igoe who very much is, "I don't need anyone's help"
0:39:34 > 0:39:39They seem to have the perfect storm of personality quirks
0:39:39 > 0:39:45that may prevent the two of them from ever saying exactly what the other needs to hear
0:39:45 > 0:39:49to make both of them whole to move forward with it.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54I was pretty hard on him.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56I'd have him come get me.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00He had a pager and I just blew up his pager.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02I would just continually call.
0:40:02 > 0:40:08I would project my anger on people that I care about.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13I mean, when you come out of rehab, you have traces of your old self,
0:40:13 > 0:40:17just everywhere - where you used to sit after you'd come home from...
0:40:17 > 0:40:21I don't know, a soccer game, a party, whatever.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Just seeing soccer shoes or...
0:40:25 > 0:40:31stuff you'd use in able-bodied life in your closet, you have pictures...
0:40:31 > 0:40:34of you playing sports, of your friends.
0:40:34 > 0:40:40You figure out that home isn't necessarily comforting, but it's...
0:40:40 > 0:40:43it gets to you inside.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Just keep it up, that's all we ask.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- You must be going somewhere. - Yeah, home.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Hey, you're leaving us.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06D'you guys want to write down your contacts?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08We'll definitely be having parties and stuff
0:41:08 > 0:41:11and all you guys are to come down.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I'll be there, man.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Oh.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Is this a therapy joke?
0:41:21 > 0:41:26I didn't pick the card. Melissa did. You can blame it on her.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Let me help you.- I got it.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37- That's a new chair. - Yeah, looks brand new.
0:42:37 > 0:42:43That new one, I gave to him that first week he was in.
0:42:43 > 0:42:49It's a bit more compact. The one we were looking at had a case and everything...
0:42:49 > 0:42:53It's cold and everything. This place really sucks.
0:42:53 > 0:42:58- What?- I said it's like...everything in here is nice and all...
0:42:58 > 0:43:04- This is where you're going... - I'm in a wheelchair.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06This sucks.
0:43:08 > 0:43:15It's like when you came from Robert Wood, it was a new transition, new schedule, give it a few weeks.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16Ssh!
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- Let me just have a moment. - Yeah, but...
0:43:20 > 0:43:24Preach to me all you want. It won't make any difference.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Yeah, I'm thankful that I'm here.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31You know, I could have been so much worse off.
0:43:31 > 0:43:36But the fact is, what was once normal will never be the same.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39And that's just settling in right now.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50Are you sure you wanna see this?
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Imagine if you didn't have this on.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Selection's a hard part.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39We've got a great responsibility going towards Athens.
0:44:39 > 0:44:45We're going there to win gold and I've selected a team that gives us the best opportunity to do that.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50From Tempe, Arizona,
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Andy Cohn. APPLAUSE
0:44:55 > 0:45:00From San Diego, California, Sam Gloor, Cliff Chunn, Lynn Nelson,
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Brent Poppen, Bob Lujano.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04APPLAUSE
0:45:05 > 0:45:07From Phoenix, Arizona, Scott Hogsett.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19From Austin, Texas, Mark Zupan.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21APPLAUSE
0:45:25 > 0:45:29This is the 2004 USA Paralympic rugby team.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:45:32 > 0:45:34One, two, three...
0:45:34 > 0:45:37USA RUGBY!
0:45:40 > 0:45:44- Hey, Mark.- Hi.- We're trying to learn all their names.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Hi, how are you?
0:45:46 > 0:45:49Shake his hand.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51- What's your name?- Melissa.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Melissa? Nice to meet you.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59Do you like rugby, Melissa? Do you like it?
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Being a little bashful.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05I'm gonna ask you some questions.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09How do you eat pizza with your elbows?
0:46:09 > 0:46:12Well, I just pick it up like this.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18I use this chair to help me, it's my everyday chair.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20I get up like this.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27I'm gonna need a seatbelt, slide in.
0:46:27 > 0:46:32How...how did you...? How did you lose your arms?
0:46:32 > 0:46:37I got sick when I was nine years old and contracted a blood disease.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41But I'm all right. That's all that matters.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45I'm alive and use everything I have to get through life.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49That's what we all have to do - use everything we have.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17I contracted meningococcocemia when I was nine years old.
0:47:17 > 0:47:22It's an early stage of meningitis, a very rare form. It happens overnight,
0:47:22 > 0:47:26like picking up a cold. They couldn't do anything for me.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29They pretty much said I wasn't gonna make it.
0:47:29 > 0:47:34They brought a priest in and gave last rites, so it looked pretty grim.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Then I just woke up and had no legs.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40I remember being wheeled into the emergency room.
0:47:40 > 0:47:47I looked down and saw my legs and feet and headed to the operating room and knew this wasn't good.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55My father was very much instrumental in helping me deal with everything.
0:47:55 > 0:48:01I remember times, whenever kids would laugh or point, he'd kinda laugh along with them and joke about it.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05Once I saw him lightening the situation,
0:48:05 > 0:48:10you know, it didn't make me feel upset or hurt.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15'I'm a 33-year-old single male in Birmingham.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19I think I'm living, but every single male's supposed to be living.
0:48:19 > 0:48:25I live independently, take care of myself, cook for myself, have a job.
0:48:25 > 0:48:31These are my artificial limbs and I use it primarily just to button up and zip up.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35I also have to use them to drive.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39When I first started out, I drove without them and had an accident.
0:48:39 > 0:48:45The first thing they said was, "Did you have a seatbelt on?" "No." "Did you have your arms on?" "No."
0:48:45 > 0:48:51It's very much humiliating, but yet life still goes on.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55There's a dream that I have where I was flying
0:48:55 > 0:48:59and I've had it a couple of times, very much the same dream,
0:48:59 > 0:49:04where I'm at my grandmother's house, the house where I lost my limbs.
0:49:06 > 0:49:10I was having a dream where I was just flying up into the back yard,
0:49:10 > 0:49:14flying over the roof of the house, flying among the trees.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26I do see myself as having limbs as I was flying.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31It was a very liberating feeling,
0:49:31 > 0:49:36not wanting it to end and wanting to keep it going, you know.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02If he didn't have that exercise, he would be probably gone.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06- My doctor says, "You've the heart of a bull."- I believe him.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09- Anybody join me in a toast?- Sure.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13This is the first time we've seen Uncle Joe since his heart attack
0:50:13 > 0:50:19and thank God his heart's pumping strong and he looks great and he's in great health.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23To his future and good health and God bless him.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26ALL: To Uncle Joe.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30'I'll be honest here, I'm living the American Dream.'
0:50:30 > 0:50:36My family moved here to the US at age 11, and if I had stayed in Portugal,
0:50:36 > 0:50:43I probably would not have anywhere near the opportunities in life as I've had living here in the US.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46If you've got a disability in Portugal,
0:50:46 > 0:50:50they become ashamed of having someone, it's a sign of weakness.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54'So it's not that I'm not a proud American,'
0:50:54 > 0:51:01I still believe in my country, I live here, but I have a job to do and it's been a great ride with Team Canada.
0:51:01 > 0:51:02Uncle Joe!
0:51:02 > 0:51:04Uncle Joe!
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- Do a 360.- OK, a 360 coming up.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Whooh!
0:51:09 > 0:51:11That's funny!
0:51:14 > 0:51:17After his heart attack,
0:51:17 > 0:51:21it's like he grew, he matures.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24For some reason, he woke up,
0:51:24 > 0:51:26God touched Joe somehow.
0:51:26 > 0:51:30- He did. I do believe that. - I believe it too.
0:51:30 > 0:51:34And everything changes because the way Joe talks
0:51:34 > 0:51:37is like the new Joe.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40He's smart. Straight A's three years in a row.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44He plays the viola, he's pretty good at it.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46I always knew Joe would grow up to be somebody.
0:51:46 > 0:51:51He had that fortitude about him. He had a great personality.
0:51:51 > 0:51:56He had a lot of drive, unbelievable for a man confined to a wheelchair.
0:51:56 > 0:52:02- I underlined my home phone number. Cell number's on the back. - You look good.
0:52:02 > 0:52:09Actually, I'm the only person in the world to have all three world championships in wheelchair rugby.
0:52:09 > 0:52:15I don't think God is into competition, but I think God rewards those who help people out.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20The man up there's giving me the strength to be a better coach now than ever
0:52:20 > 0:52:25because I'm hoping he blesses my team.
0:52:25 > 0:52:30Don't let the Americans get in your way, just beat 'em, beat their asses off!
0:52:32 > 0:52:34They deserve a good beating.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38It'll take it, baby.
0:52:51 > 0:52:58This tournament is important for us because it gives us an opportunity to reclaim what we feel is ours,
0:52:58 > 0:53:01which is being the number-one seed going into the Paralympics.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Are we ready to play here, boys?
0:53:15 > 0:53:19- ALL: Yeah!- Are we ready?
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- USA!- Go get 'em!
0:53:32 > 0:53:35Watch Zupan. Watch Zupan.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38Attack, attack, attack!
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Ohhh!
0:53:47 > 0:53:51Canada! Canada! Canada!
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Canada!
0:54:00 > 0:54:01Ref, stop!
0:54:01 > 0:54:05Off, off, off, off! Swarm him! Swarm him!
0:54:05 > 0:54:09Swarm him! Swarm him! WHISTLE BLOWS
0:54:30 > 0:54:33We'll crush! We'll crush, OK?
0:54:33 > 0:54:35- Let's go and get this. One, two, three...- USA!
0:54:47 > 0:54:49Swarm him! Swarm him! Swarm him!
0:55:11 > 0:55:13USA!
0:55:17 > 0:55:19We got fucking 2½ months to go.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22Right now, this is what we needed to do.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25Ladies and gentlemen, the gold-medal-winning team -
0:55:25 > 0:55:28the United States!
0:55:45 > 0:55:50Is there any way you could take an earlier flight to get to my concert?
0:55:50 > 0:55:54'I'll go as quick as I can. I miss you,
0:55:54 > 0:55:58'and...I love you.'
0:57:02 > 0:57:07We have six students who did all the writing play-offs and all the written play-offs.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10When I call your name, please come down.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Samuel Fraser...
0:57:12 > 0:57:17Caitlin Grant... Jenny Park... Laura Payne, and Robert Soares.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Good job. Good job.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28How you doing, bud?
0:57:28 > 0:57:31I'm proud of you. You did a good job.
0:58:21 > 0:58:26I'm gonna play this for you guys, then I'll tell you a little about me
0:58:26 > 0:58:29- and a little about the sport. - That's cool.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32'Meet the US wheelchair rugby team.
0:58:32 > 0:58:36'Wheelchair rugby, also known as quad rugby, is for athletes who are quadriplegics.
0:58:36 > 0:58:42'If people see you in a wheelchair, they treat you like you're made of glass.
0:58:42 > 0:58:45'Playing wheelchair rugby...'
0:58:49 > 0:58:54- Are you on one of them teams? - I play for the United States Paralympic rugby team.
0:58:54 > 0:58:56- Do you wear helmets?- No, ma'am.
0:58:56 > 0:59:03- Why not?- You don't wanna do it wearing elbow pads, shin pads... That might be just the macho-man thing...
0:59:03 > 0:59:09- Is there a technique to falling? - Just don't lead with your head! That's pretty much it!
0:59:09 > 0:59:14I've actually done more in a chair than I did able-bodied.
0:59:14 > 0:59:19Don't let this thing limit you from doing anything you want.
0:59:19 > 0:59:22Let's just say that, down the road, we play...
0:59:22 > 0:59:27I have the mentality that I don't want to be in this wheelchair for the rest of my life.
0:59:27 > 0:59:30- Yeah.- But, say we do start walking,
0:59:30 > 0:59:34do we get kicked off the team right away?
0:59:34 > 0:59:40If you get out the chair and walk away, that might be one of the things you have to give up
0:59:40 > 0:59:42to go and walk away!
0:59:42 > 0:59:45What is that made from? Aluminium.
0:59:45 > 0:59:47You got it put on? Yeah.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50It's custom-made to each person.
0:59:50 > 0:59:54This chair's different to my everyday chair.
1:00:01 > 1:00:03You sure you wanna do this?!
1:00:08 > 1:00:09How does it feel?
1:00:10 > 1:00:14- How does it feel?- I feel as if I'm on a battering ram!
1:00:20 > 1:00:26- How do you feel in it?- Unreal. It's a whole different aspect of being in a wheelchair.
1:00:26 > 1:00:29Feel how rugged it is!
1:00:31 > 1:00:33Can run into anything.
1:00:35 > 1:00:39You can't do it! You're in a hospital - you can't do it!
1:00:39 > 1:00:42Can I do it outside?
1:00:42 > 1:00:47You're on hospital grounds. God forbid, something goes wrong, you hurt yourself...
1:00:47 > 1:00:49You're still a little fragile.
1:00:49 > 1:00:52- Can I even tag him?- No!
1:00:52 > 1:00:55He'll be fine. He's not gonna fall out.
1:01:01 > 1:01:04- I don't wanna ruin your chair. - You won't ruin it.
1:01:05 > 1:01:09Do people, like, just throw their body at it?
1:01:09 > 1:01:13You're strapped in differently when you're in it.
1:01:16 > 1:01:17OK...
1:01:31 > 1:01:35The Paralympic Games follow just a few weeks after the Olympic Games.
1:01:35 > 1:01:39This year, they're September 17th to the 28th, in Athens,
1:01:39 > 1:01:43using all the same venues, stadiums, everything.
1:01:43 > 1:01:48..competing, and right now, we are too.
1:01:48 > 1:01:53It's an amazing sport to watch, and until you see it live, it's hard to appreciate.
1:01:53 > 1:01:56This is gonna be the hardest training of my life.
1:02:01 > 1:02:04This is just crazy.
1:02:04 > 1:02:07I didn't expect anything like this.
1:02:07 > 1:02:11- Tell me about wheelchair rugby. - It used to be called Murderball.
1:02:11 > 1:02:15But you can't market Murderball to corporate sponsors!
1:02:15 > 1:02:21We've been hearing about a rivalry between US and Canadian quad rugby teams.
1:02:21 > 1:02:23You guys are really going after each other.
1:02:23 > 1:02:29We have a reputation of always staying on top and always winning gold,
1:02:29 > 1:02:34so we don't wanna be the first team to let our country down and not win.
1:02:35 > 1:02:39- Great! Thanks very much!- Thank you.
1:02:40 > 1:02:43I came a day early, and spoke at a rehab hospital,
1:02:43 > 1:02:48and there's this young guy that just got hurt... He was told about rugby,
1:02:48 > 1:02:53I brought a rugby chair. We couldn't get him out of it when it was time to leave.
1:02:53 > 1:02:56He was like, "I wanna go and hit stuff!"
1:02:56 > 1:03:00So just to see that - his eyes light up, and being so happy -
1:03:00 > 1:03:03it was so fulfilling.
1:03:03 > 1:03:07NBC-13 has more, with the American Paralympic rugby team.
1:03:07 > 1:03:12The Paralympic team preps for its biggest day in four years.
1:03:12 > 1:03:15The Paralympic Games, in Athens, Greece are a month away.
1:03:15 > 1:03:18Pass! Tighten up on that!
1:03:18 > 1:03:22Watching the Olympic opening ceremony the other day -
1:03:22 > 1:03:27that got my blood going, realising that we're less than 30 days away.
1:03:27 > 1:03:30- Bobby, have you seen Ocean's Eleven? - Yeah.
1:03:30 > 1:03:34Remember the little Asian guy that gets in that box?
1:03:34 > 1:03:38And they break in the bank, or the casino?
1:03:38 > 1:03:42- We're gonna try that with you. - You know how funny that would be?!
1:03:42 > 1:03:44Oh, my God, I'm pissing myself.
1:03:44 > 1:03:47- Are they coming now? - No, call the girls.
1:03:50 > 1:03:53Put it upside-down and put it on top of you.
1:03:57 > 1:04:00Will it work?
1:04:01 > 1:04:03Are you comfortable?
1:04:03 > 1:04:05Hmm...not.
1:04:05 > 1:04:10- Where you going?- To pee.- Fuck peeing! Bobby's gonna suffocate!
1:04:10 > 1:04:15- Scott needs a hand.- Quick! My box fell over, with my bag in it.
1:04:15 > 1:04:20He just needs a hand. I can't pick up the bag.
1:04:20 > 1:04:22Just pick it up quick.
1:04:22 > 1:04:25Shouldn't I put it like this...?
1:04:25 > 1:04:27No, I'd pick it up...
1:04:27 > 1:04:31- then the bag will be... - Pick it straight up.- All right.
1:04:41 > 1:04:43That was real fucking funny(!)
1:04:43 > 1:04:48I was at a wedding, and my chick's mom's sister came up, and she goes...
1:04:48 > 1:04:53- IN HIGH VOICE: - "Hi, Scotty, I'm so-and-so.
1:04:53 > 1:04:56"I hear you're going to the Special Olympics."
1:04:56 > 1:05:01And I went from being the "man" at the wedding to a fucking retard.
1:05:01 > 1:05:04It was the worst feeling.
1:05:04 > 1:05:06Special Olympics happens once a year
1:05:06 > 1:05:09and it's for people who are mentally challenged.
1:05:09 > 1:05:12What they do in the Special Olympics is very honourable.
1:05:12 > 1:05:16It's amazing what they can do, but this is totally different.
1:05:16 > 1:05:21We're not going for a pat-me-on-the-back, "Thank you for participating".
1:05:21 > 1:05:25We're not going for a hug. We're going for a gold medal.
1:05:36 > 1:05:39When we're prepping, we've got to put emphasis on stopping Kirkland,
1:05:39 > 1:05:42stopping Zupan. Jump on him, turn him.
1:05:42 > 1:05:46The adventure begins. We can't just be satisfied with stopping him.
1:05:49 > 1:05:53We've gotta forget the past. We have to forget what happened in Sweden
1:05:53 > 1:05:57and in Vancouver. It's time to go to Athens and take care of business.
1:08:48 > 1:08:51Canada! Number one!
1:08:53 > 1:08:55CANADA!
1:12:57 > 1:13:01You're the best son ever. You're the best son anybody could ever have.
1:13:01 > 1:13:03You make me so proud.
1:13:08 > 1:13:11INAUDIBLE
1:13:11 > 1:13:13I never thought we'd be here.
1:13:13 > 1:13:19# Light and day Is more than you'll say
1:13:19 > 1:13:24# Cos all my feelings
1:13:24 > 1:13:28# Are more than I can let by
1:13:28 > 1:13:34# Or not, more than you've got
1:13:34 > 1:13:37# Just follow the day
1:13:39 > 1:13:43# Follow the day and reach for the sun...
1:14:24 > 1:14:27# Reach for the sun. #
1:14:52 > 1:14:57I got injured 11 years ago, at a lake cabin. I got pushed off the balcony and broke my neck.
1:14:57 > 1:15:01My friend was driving on the freeway when we hit a tree.
1:15:01 > 1:15:05I got thrown out the back of a pick-up truck.
1:15:05 > 1:15:08I spent 14 hours in a canal, hanging on to a branch.
1:15:08 > 1:15:11I contracted a neurological disorder when I was one.
1:15:11 > 1:15:15But it's allowed me to play quad rugby!
1:15:19 > 1:15:22We're gonna divvy you guys up.
1:15:22 > 1:15:25We'll show you some rugby, then those who want to try
1:15:25 > 1:15:31can have a live-speed version of rugby. Anyone that's Air Force, Marines or Navy,
1:15:31 > 1:15:34you'll be with the blue team. The Army are with the red team.
1:15:34 > 1:15:38My job is...hopefully snag the wheel on the way by.
1:15:38 > 1:15:42If I can slow him down for one or two seconds, I've done my job.
1:15:42 > 1:15:45It's full-wheelchair contact. It's a lot of fun. If you like football,
1:15:45 > 1:15:48you'll love wheelchair rugby.
1:15:48 > 1:15:52I guess we're gonna play some... so you guys can actually see the game.
1:15:52 > 1:15:55- I can't throw that far. - It doesn't matter.
1:15:55 > 1:16:00- None of us could in the beginning. - You're gonna do an awesome job.
1:16:02 > 1:16:04WHISTLE BLOWS
1:16:08 > 1:16:09USA!
1:16:25 > 1:16:27Ready, set, go!
1:16:37 > 1:16:41Congratulations. May God continue to bless our country.
1:16:59 > 1:17:01Zupan!
1:17:45 > 1:17:47Come on, Joe, bring it in!
1:17:47 > 1:17:49It's coming!
1:17:53 > 1:17:56No, wait!