- there s so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. - overdose capital of the east coast. - there s really more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. - when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left. don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that shit burn in your heart, you understand me? we got some ground to make up, but once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go! [applause, cheers] [upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la - sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la, la [instrumental music] new york city, where i live. and it s easy to think, having
a billion-dollar coal field. the last coal mines i worked at, i made base salary was $94,000 a year. i also taught vocational school, and most of the kids that i had said, well, i don t need this. i m gonna go in the coal mines. - there s just an education piece there now that we re trying to instill in some of the people that still have that mentality that coal was king, and, you know, we don t doubt that, but we try to think outside the box and look at some other some other opportunities that might be there. - get more physical! let s go. run! - the mountview golden knights have long carried the mantle of the town as perpetual underdogs. mostly the children of miners, many from very difficult situations at home. - why you walking? hurry up! - this week, it s homecoming. - whistle! - coach larry thomson has, of late, imposed some order and higher academic standards on the knights. there are high hopes.