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Going to live for now, bad news, he has to take shots, insulin, most likely he ll be dead by 25. that death sentence didn t stop him. at 12 years old, phil jumped on a bike. i disobeyed some rules. my weight, to a snack machine, i got a snickers bar. i figured, okay, i don t want to wait two hours for my insulin to kick in, i want to eat my candy bars, how can i do it? i rode my bike through the streets of the neighborhood until my legs hurt again. the bike gave me the discipline i needed to control diabetes. in college phil got the idea to start a non-profit called team type 1 to empower other athletes with the disease. i believe sport can be the unifying point for people with diabetes. his goal, to have the first all-diabetic cycling team race in the tour de france by 2021. his other passion, helping diabetic kids in rwanda get much needed medical supplies. i want every kid with diabetes to know they are the ....