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Make sure you get my good side, [br]which is, like, all of this.

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I think the biggest thing that [br]people need to know, in this world,

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is that there is no limit, right?

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We always hear the saying:[br]"The sky's the limit."

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How many times [br]have you been told:

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"You can do whatever you want,[br]the sky is the limit!"

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"You can get there!"[br]Well, I think that's a load of BS.

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Sitting here saying, "the sky's the limit"

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well, we have footprints on the Moon, [br]

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we have Felix Baumgartner[br]skydiving from space.

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Now tell me the sky's the limit.

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When I was four months old,

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I contracted a rare form of meningitis [br]called meningococcal septicaemia.

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What it did was it attacked my bloodstream[br]so all the blood in my body stopped.

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The doctors had to find where,

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amputate my left hand, my legs,[br]and some fingers on the right.

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Everyone always says to me:[br]"Oh my gosh Shayne!

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You're so incredible, you're so strong, [br]you're so amazing!

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You have such a big heart,[br]you have a great heart."

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And really my answer to that[br]always is, you know,

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I got it from my mama!

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My mom not only did all this,[br]but she did it on her own.

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My dad split, alright,[br]so my mom really was

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mom, dad, taxi driver, you know,[br]basketball coach, hockey coach.

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My mom was everything.

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I've got to do some really cool things.

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Out of 60,000 kids,[br]I was chosen at 12 years old[br]

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to have lunch with Nelson Mandela.

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At 25, probably the greatest experience [br]I'll ever have in my entire life

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came at 12 years old!

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When I looked at Nelson Mandela and [br]I said: "Mister Mandela,

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Sir, it's an honor for me to meet you."

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And he looks down at me and [br]he puts his hand on my shoulder,

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and Nelson Mandela replies to me:

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"No my child, it's an honor that[br]I got to share a meal with you."

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I played basketball for about 17 years.

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Hum, I played on [br]the junior national team in Canada.

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And it's a very proud thing [br]for me to be able to say

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I am the only player with[br]half a hand to do that in History.

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So for me that's really cool to say.

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I played basketball at a gym called[br]Variety Village in Toronto

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and it's a sports and training facility[br]for people with all kinds of challenges...

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...and not. [br]So it's a training facility for everybody.

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And I was there to promote them.[br]

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And afterwards everyone came up to me[br]at 8 years old and said:

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"You should really do this for a living,[br]you're really good at it!"

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Then I gave another one,[br]and another one...

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and now at 25, I run a speaking company.

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Hum, my favorite exercise that

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I run with the kids[br]when I do my speaking is

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I'd get them to tell me something[br]that they love to do.

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So, you know, I'm gonna,[br]I'm gonna do it with you.

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Give me anything that you love to do.[br]"Sing"

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Are you the best at it?[br]"Yes, I am."

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Louder.[br]"Yes, I am!"

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I quickly tell them:[br]Well, now, you know,

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Imagine if we were all to decide that[br]we were the best at something

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on a daily basis.

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How powerful and incredible [br]this building would be? Always.

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And then, I don't exclude[br]myself from it.[br]

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So I tell them, you know,

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Best one-handed wheelchair[br]basketball player in the world.

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I think, I do.[br]I believe that that's me.

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Rap. I think I'm the best[br]white disabled Jewish rapper

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in the world. [br]I'm gonna say that too.

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"Great detail"[br]Right? Right?!

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I mean, I go even farther than that.[br]This is where I really like to connect

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with them. I tell them that[br]you know, the only reason why

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Channing Tatum won [br]sexiest man in the world

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is 'cos the people that write [br]the articles haven't met me yet.

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I think that 96% of women[br]fall in love with me

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within 5 minutes of meeting me.

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But I quickly change that and say:[br]"Of all these women,[br]

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why it's so easy for them [br]to fall in love with me

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is because I'm[br]in love with me."

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And that's where it starts, right?[br]As soon as you can love

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who you are, like,[br]truly love who you are,

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it is very easy for other people [br]to love you, right?

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