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To give you a couple of other recent examples stephon marbury admitted he contemplated suicide many times. he was on the internet eating vaseline and crying for help. zack greinke, pitcher for the dodgers, suffering from social anxiety disorder, almost quit baseball. i was talking to terence mathis former nfl wide receiver earlier today. he brought up an interesting point. he said all of these guys all professional athletes should be required to seek mental health as soon as their rookie year because they don't understand the overwhelming pressures they're about to encounter. >> yeah, they sur...

He says the marijuana use started because of the anxiety thing. but, again, to put it in perspective, even when larry sanders was back at vcu, he had an anger management problem. so he's had some issues even before this. again, it goes back -- appears to be a mental health issue. >> terence, you brought great perspective for us. thank you very much for the conversation. appreciate it. coming up ahead in the next hour, i'm speaking with an 11-year-old college sophomore. you heard me right. it is part of msnbc's seven days of genius coverage and it is coming up next. ig. yeah, i'm confused whe...

Says he has received treatment for mental illness. >> i know i disappeared for a while. people were wondering where i was. i went into rogers memorial hospital, it's a hospital for mood disorders. they taught me about what's important and where i wanted to devote my time and injury. >> let's bring in terence moore. welcome to you, terence. first of all, when you saw that video, what was your reaction? >> well first of all, this guy's leave 2g$21 million on the table. i'm going to tell you a dirty little secret that's been the case for years, and this is something that the average sports fan do...

the department of homeland security is open today after congress approved and the president signed a stopgap funding measure just two hours before the department was scheduled to shut down. the measure keeps the homeland security department funded through the next seven days. but it also sets up another funding showdown for next friday. president obama and the democrats wanted full-year funding but conservative republicans want any legislation that funds the dhs to also block the president's immigration action. joining me now, nbc news capitol hill producer frank thorpe. frank, with ...