9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Make sure you get my good side, [br]which is, like, all of this. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I think the biggest thing that [br]people need to know, in this world, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 is that there is no limit, right? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We always hear the saying [br]"The sky's the limit." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 How many times [br]have you been told 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You can do whatever you want,[br]the sky is the limit! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You can get there! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Well, I think that's a load of BS. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Sitting here saying, "the sky's the limit" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Well, we have footprints on the Moon, [br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 we have Felix Baumgartner[br]skydiving from space. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [br]Now tell me the sky's the limit. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When I was four months old, [br]I contracted a rare form of meningitis 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 called meningococcal septicaemia. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What it did was it attacked my bloodstream 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So all the blood in my body stopped.[br]The doctors had to find where, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Amputate my left hand, my legs [br]and some fingers on the right 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Everyone always says to me[br]"Oh my gosh Shayne! You're so incredible 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you're so strong, you're so amazing![br]You have such a big heart, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You have a great heart." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And really my answer to that[br]always is, you know 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I got it from my mama 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 My mom not only did all this[br]but she did it on her own 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 My dad split, alright[br]so my mom really was 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 mom, dad, taxi driver, you know[br]basketball coach, hockey coach 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 My mom was everything 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I've got to do some really cool things. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Out of 60,000 kids[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was chosen at 12 years old[br]to have lunch with Nelson Mandela. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 At 25[br]probably the greatest experience [br]I'll ever have in my entire life 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 came at 12 years old! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When I looked at Nelson Mandela and I said[br]"Mister Mandela, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Sir it's an honor for me to meet you." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And he looks down at me and [br]he puts his hand on my shoulder 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and Nelson Mandela replies to me: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "No my child, it's an honor that[br]I got to share a meal with you." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I played basketball for about 17 years. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hum, I played on the junior national team [br]in Canada. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And it's a very proud thing for me[br]to be able to say 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I am the only player with[br]half a hand to do that in history. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So for me that's really cool to say. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I played basketball in a gym called[br]Variety Village in Toronto 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and it's a sports and training facility[br]for people with all kinds of challenges... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and not. [br]So it's a training facility for everybody. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And I was there to promote them.[br]And afterwards everyone came up to me 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 at 8 years olds, and said:[br]"You should really do this for a living, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you're really good at it."[br]Then I gave another one 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and another one[br]and now at 25 I run a speaking company. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hum, my favorite exercise that[br]I run with the kids 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 when I do my speaking is[br]I'd get them to tell me something 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that they love to do 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So you know I'm gonna,[br]I'm gonna do it with you. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Give me anything that you love to do.[br]"Sing" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Are you the best at it?[br]"Yes, I am." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Louder.[br]"Yes, I am!" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I quickly tell them[br]Well, now, you know 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Imagine if we were all to decide that[br]we were the best at something on a daily basis 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 How powerful and incredible [br]this building would be? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Always. And then[br]I don't exclude myself from it.[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So I tell them, you know[br]Best one-handed wheelchair 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 basketball player in the world.[br]I think, I do. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I believe that that's me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Rap. I think I'm the best[br]white disabled Jewish rapper 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in the world. [br]I'm gonna say that too. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "Great detail"[br]Right? Right?! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I mean, I go even farther than that.[br]This is where I really like to connect 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 with them. I tell them that[br]you know, the only reason why 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Channing Tatum won [br]sexiest man in the world 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 is 'cos the people that write [br]the articles haven't met me yet. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I think that 96% of women[br]fall in love with me 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 within 5 minutes of meeting me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But I quickly change that and say[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Of all these women,[br]why it's so easy for them 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to fall in love with me is because[br]I'm in love with me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And that's where it starts, right?[br]As soon as you can love 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 who you are, like[br]truly love who you are 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it is very easy for other people [br]to love you, right?