Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180430:00:04:00
Mike's wife aubry first met him not long after that accident. >> for him to be all right and mentally deal with this he was going to lean on football. >> the funeral was new year's eve 2010. >> here's the pass. left side. michael james. >> the same day as one of mike's biggest collegiate games, the sun bowl. excruciating decision. >> i was going to do the thing that made both of us happy. play ball. you know? >> she would have wanted you to be at that game. >> yeah. my mom -- i know my mom. you know? >> driven by grief, mike became relentless. pursuing that boyhood dream of playing professiona...