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(dramatic, somber music)

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- One of the biggest things that I lost

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when I was injured was the ability

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to go do something extraordinary.

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I was really proud of what I used to do

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and I was really, really good at it.

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A lot of these, you see a lot of struggle.

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^You see a lot of people tryin' to find an identity again

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^after the Army's been taken away from them,

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and they're forced with injury

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that's gonna last them their life,

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or they're forced with the reality

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that they're gonna be out.

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But, it's not seeing somebody throw shot put on one leg.

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It's not watchin' somebody in

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a wheelchair go race around this track.

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It's not about that individual accomplishment,

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it's about watchin' the person overcome it.

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It's the individual athlete goin' out

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and pushing themself and gettin' that PR.

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Just being here alone is

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an accomplishment to so many of us,

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and, to go out and throw out a stellar performance

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for yourself, that's what I'm amazed

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about every single time.