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Mother's intuition, just, something that was kind of the nagging at you that just said, turn around. i think that those three words have been impactful in my life, lately, turn around and, you know, i'm forever grateful that we did. >> michael oher is the young man they adopted as one of their own and he was unable to visit with the rest of his family last time, but, he has since written a book called "i beat the odds" and joins me now, michael it is a pleasure to have you and i will say, thanks for joining me today and, tell us of your incredible and remarkable story, and let me begin by sayi...

Have been working in a restaurant or picking up trash on the side of the road, as long as i had 2 or 3 jobs and working long hours, and, was able to put a roof over my head, you know, food on the table, for me to eat, i was going -- that is a successful life for me and, you know, it is willpower and, mentors and having a positive role model around you. and, i always stayed away from the negative group and never got involved in the gangs or drugs and violence because i knew that was going to slow me down and i wasn't going to be here, you know, if i would have got involved in that stuff. >> you...

Leigh-anne birthed me and i felt love and felt like i was one and, it was always great and, very positive, and i love them to death. >> when they were here, michael, they were on their way to see you play football and were very excited about it. apparently they go to most of your games. you are still close to them and continue to be vi much a part of their family and they see you as their son. is that the relationship you continue to have with leigh-anne and sean into they'll forever be my family and for them to make me in their home and coming from the neighborhood i came from, i don't know i...

To come out of a life that pretty much looks hopeless to a lot of folks around them? >> you know, the reason why i did this, you know, i got all of those letters and, you know, people telling me i was a role model and inspirational i was to them, and, as i go back into these, you know, inner cities, you know, inner city and boys and girls programs and things like that, and knees kids, when they see somebody care about them and see the positive person in front of them, they see me and they say, wow, he was in my shoes, and i can make it if he made it. and we continue to give back and continue t...

Mother's intuition, just, something that was kind of the nagging at you that just said, turn around. i think that those three words have been impactful in my life, lately, turn around and, you know, i'm forever grateful that we did. >> michael oher is the young man they adopted as one of their own and he was unable to visit with the rest of his family last time, but, he has since written a book called "i beat the odds" and joins me now, michael it is a pleasure to have you and i will say, thanks for joining me today and, tell us of your incredible and remarkable story, and let me begin by sayi...