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failed and said i can do better than that. >> marks get set -- >> on this episode, you're about to find out all the reasons you can't do better than that. >> woo! ♪ >> for a touchdown, a sharpshooter from the midcourt. we're looking at the spirit of america. >> i grew up resenting sports. when you're a black kid who everybody knows is going to be over six feet tall, every conversation goes to you play basketball. i only did in eighth grade. i went the whole season without scoring a point, like dennis rodman, but without the rebounding and hair. when i lived in chicago, i discovered...

For a combined 38 years. while they love the 7 to 10-year-olds class, this ain't child's play. >> my goodness. >> if you're competitive, what's your daily schedule like? >> they go to school and then come into this club practice. >> what time are you leaving here for nighttime practice? >> 9:00 p.m. >> we were out of here at 9 most days. >> so then you go home and do homework. >> uh-huh. >> wow. it is a lot. is it too much? >> gymnasts are so disciplined. if you can handle gymnastics, you can handle mostly anything, i feel. >> how did i do today? >> good! >> let's talk about that. will i ever ...

Soft ain't a great things these day. >> when you hear athlete says i need a mental break. >> i worked in mental care for a long time. it's a real thing. if someone actually needs it, i can appreciate that but basketball i don't feel is the same as before. they don't play hard enough. they're afraid they're going foul. >> basketball is like -- and you foul them. what do you mean foul? forget soccer. please. what an embarrassment that is. >> don't get him going on cricket. >> what do you think when you hear simone biles is i'm not going to compete tomorrow because i don't feel like i'm ready for...

>> i failed out of college three times. got my degree. >> the lessons that i've taken from that, that has all become a part of me. but now i'm able to impart that to y'all. and to see the way that y'all are achieving, the way yule are kick life in its ass and just loving life and being able to freely express y'all selves. >> yeah. >> when i think of my goals and my accomplishments, y'all are my accomplishments. >> cry up, cry up, cry up. ♪ >> so come on, everybody. let's cry up. because we all know it ain't just athletes who need practice processing and expressing emotion. >> to be vulnerabl...

Important. >> it's such an interesting situation because the olympics and the paralympics are once every four years. so you get all this attention on you once every four years, but no one cares about you in the three-year hiatus there is a weird more is better mentality sometimes which i think as you get more mature as an athlete you realize is not the case. >> and as if the external pressure wasn't enough, every elite athlete has the internal pressure of knowing they can't be elite forever. eventually you ain't on top anymore. and for some pro athletes, that fall from the top isn't softened b...