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It's all about the heart , the drive to

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continue and to keep going .

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Well , we're over here at uh the wide

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world of sports over here at Disney and

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we're doing the warrior games 2024 .

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I came to Disney with my wife some

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years ago , but it was just me and her .

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But over here as a warrior games

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capacity , this is my first time . I

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think it's one of the highest honors

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I've ever been asked to do in the

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military . Honestly , I've deployed ,

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I've done a lot of super cool stuff

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being over here competing and having to

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come out here and just display the

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abilities that I have . Not because of

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rank , not because of social , but

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because I earned the right to compete

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here . I qualified for it . I was

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vetted , I was picked hand selected .

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It's one of the highest honors

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when I was coming up earlier in my

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career before , before I was diagnosed ,

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I was very , I was a very active person .

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It sort of put a halt on a lot of

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things . And when I first reached my

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soldier recovery unit , I just wanted

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to withdraw and I thought that was it ,

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I was going to get out . But since then

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it's opened up a brand new world of

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competition and it helps me regain a

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piece of that competitive fighting

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spirit . It makes me want to keep going

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and go out there and give it my all

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competing in the warrior games means

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coming up here against all these other

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competitive fighting spirits from the

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Navy Air Force Marines . So com it just

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teaches me to just continue to be

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resilient and continue to put my best

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effort forward . You're coming out here

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representing your branch and you're

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just doing the best . You can ,

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I compete for my family and they can

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see me come out here and they can see

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me try my best . I have a son , two

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daughters , one of them is a baby .

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Just turned one after the 2023 warrior

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games , I compete for them to show them

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that even if something happens in life .

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If you slip , stumble , something holds

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you up from getting to a goal , you can

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still go out there and you can make

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something of yourself regardless of the

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situation . It's never over until you

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say it's over .