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[seagulls cawing]

[Mario] Mario Moran, 18 of 45th Street,

reportedly taunted an armed man to shoot him.

Moran, apparently thinking it to be a fake gun, taunted...

Taunted means, like, provoked?

[man] Right, exactly.

Velasquez... Telling him to shoot him,

the witness said Velasquez fired twice,

once into the air and once into the ground,

according to witnesses.

But Moran still wasn't convinced and dared Velasquez to shoot

him directly in the chest.

That's when I smacked my chest.

I said, if you're gonna shoot me, shoot me.

-[man] Come on! -Yeah, don't be taking out the gun.

I got goosebumps.

Me being, like you said, a bull, thinking

I was untouchable, thinking I was Superman.

[buzzer sounds]

[players calling out]

[man] What they say?

Don't they say, what don't kill you makes you stronger?

Obviously, I'm alive talking to you.

So I guess I'm gonna get stronger.

[Mario] We got beat. We beat ourselves.

We got to beat, and that's it. That's it.

We just didn't play our game.

We didn't play Miami Heat Wheels.

Trying to get by.

Trying to get by.

I gotta eat broccoli. You feel me?

It's all about the broccoli, man!

You don't eat your broccoli, you feel me, you're...

You've got to eat your greens.

Listen to your mom and do what you got to do.

Eat your greens, man.

When you see me flying down the court, they're like, damn, man.

How did this kid do that?

He's flying by so quick.

Get on this guy's level, man.

Man, you better eat your greens, man. You better eat on point, man.

You better feed the machine, man.

Your body's a machine, boy. You've got to feed your body good, man

if you want to compete at a high level, you know?

I gotta get creative here because I can't stand.

I don't want... I don't want to wet the clothes a little bit,

so I usually get my towel.

You gotta survive. You gotta survive. You figure it out.

[gargling]

Whoo! Thank the Lord. What a beautiful day.

Let me get a quick breakfast.

I gotta start hitting the road.

[Orlando] If you press forward, it's brake.

If you pull down, it's gas.

Let go, car moves, push forward, stops.

After my accident, I'm against guns.

I don't see why people should carry guns.

I think the only people that should carry guns

should be police or the Army.

[Parnes] Right now, we are at Gwen Cherry Park NFL YET Center...

A practice spot that we use during the week.

We'll take whatever pieces that we can

and try to make something work.

We may get this chair to work.

[clanking]

Shared room, so we have probably four pieces of chair,

a chair part here, a chair part there,

something, and you put them all together, they make a chair.

It's a struggle just to make sure that we get to the places

that we need to get to.

It's always going to be about money.

One of the things that we are working on within the NWBA

is finding the value in what we do.

You're calling that a foul. Show me how to move the right way.

Listen to me.

[Luis] You know, unfortunately, we have new spinal cord

injuries every year.

But as the program gets bigger and people start learning about it,

there will be people out there saying,

wow, do you guys know about that Miami Heat Wheels program

they're running down there?

[Mario] There's one thing we want, a championship.

I don't gotta repeat it twice, you know what I'm saying?

It's as simple as that.

[WIlly] What it means to me to have this team

is pretty much everything I got right now.

I don't really got nothing else, you know?

[cheering]

[Waldo] The only reason I really came outside is

to go to basketball practice.

[indistinct chatter]

[whistle blows]

[Mario] Yeah, baby!

[Parnes] In 2010, all we had to do was get on a bus.

In fact, that's all we had to do, get on a bus.

The county was providing $30,000, all right?

This year is the figure that we will get from the county.

We will get $2,500.

That's it.

[Manny] If we're going to Nationals, how much money do we need to go there?

In answer to your question, last year, we spent about $11,000.

[Mario] At Nationals?

At Nationals.

All right?

All right?

So we've got to keep working hard.

It's not a reason to get down, all right?

That's just the county out of their...

That's of their hands, okay?

This is in our hands.

So whether we go to Nationals, we don't know.

But it's certainly up to us.

Certainly we have to play our way into Nationals,

and we have to get funding.

All I'm saying is, we still have... We have work.

That's it.

We have work, and we can do this.

We're already doing this.

For all the newcomers, welcome to the Hills.

Ryan, first time?

Ryan, Willy, first time, you know?

Pop their cherries.

Today, we'll pop their cherries.

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct cheering]

Hey!

Come on, guys!

[Jeremie] Being a part of the team,

it actually brought out the extra drive in me,

knowing that I've got an army behind me.

I have a team.

[indistinct chatter]

[Jeremie] Easy money, game, baby! Easy money game!

Easy money game.

[Resa] I love to see my son play basketball.

I like all the other guys,

but I just love to see Jeremie play basketball

because the things he do in that wheelchair is amazing.

Did he just really do that?

Did he... How did he do that?

How did he do that?

He's amazing. The boy is awesome.

I have to pat myself on the back. He get it from his mama.

No, I'm just kidding.

Good work. That's how we work.

That's how we win a championship.

Today, we proved that we're champions, okay?

Give me five. High five.

High five, wheel five.

We do it, baby.

We do it, baby.

That's how we do it!

Champions of the world!

[Resa] I was five and a half months pregnant with Jeremie,

and I was a passenger in my mother's car.

She stopped to a stop sign, and the other gentleman did not stop.

When it was time for her to go, he blew through the stop sign,

and we was hit in the passenger side of the car.

I was in the back seat.

And I went into premature labor.

And I wound up having Jeremie like five days after the accident.

And he was two pounds, 8.5 ounces.

That's my miracle. He stayed in the hospital 51 days.

Everything they said he wasn't going to be able to do,

he's able to do it.

But he does have spina bifida and cerebral palsy.

But to look at him, you wouldn't think he has anything.

Any challenges, he doesn't see himself being handicapped.

He's handi-capable.

We never used the word "handicapped," as a child,

and we don't use it in the house now.

I love that boy. He is my inspiration.

[exhales sharply]

I mean, you never know how God's gonna bless you.

You never know.

Just take it and be thankful.

I mean, if you don't have that strong support system

or the belief in yourself that you can make it happen,

you're gonna put yourself in that box.

You're gonna think about the negatives

and constantly remind yourself, oh, you can't do this.

Look what you can't do, you can't do, you can't do...

And think about the things you can.

There is life in this situation. There's life in this situation.

That's basically what it is.

[Mario] You know, there are people out there that got feelings, too.

They got heart.

So they're gonna feel bad.

They're going to feel bad for you, you know what I'm saying?

They're going to think that you can't do hardly nothing.

But they don't know somebody like me

could do as much as you could do, maybe even more.

This is, right now, the light at the end of the tunnel

for me to get out.

So for me, I don't know if it's a regular life for other people.

They don't have time to work out as hard as I go.

But I honestly hope basketball could take my life

and get an education, and move on, and start a regular life

like a normal person.

The only positive things I do, I do it for basketball.

I work out for basketball.

I'm going to school here locally to go play basketball.

I mean, I just thank God for basketball.

[Bill Allen] These guys work so hard

and train so hard so they can get to college.

They want to go to college on a scholarship,

and wheelchair basketball can get some of them there.

Most people don't know that you

can get a scholarship to play wheelchair basketball,

but you can.

You can play just like any other student athlete on the NCAA level.

[Orlando] I see those guys that,

they've been playing for years, and they've been to college,

and they're just,

they've been to Paralympics.

And they just made me want to work harder, you know.

If they did it, why can't I do it?

Someday, I'll be up there where they are right now.

[Mario] It's our year! It's our year!

Let's go, papi! It's our year!

Ain't nobody taking it away from us!

[all] Let's go Heat!

Miami Heat! Miami Heat!

[Mario] Bring that Heat!

Bring that Heat! Bring that Heat! Bring that Heat!

Bring that Heat!

Bring that Heat!

Bring that Heat, Miami Heat!

Bring that Heat!

[cheers]

[Parnes] Keep the focus. Keep the focus.

Look at the guys right next to you.

Remember that they are the guys who are going to help you.

All right?

This is an important game.

[Mario] Thank you for this beautiful day, Lord.

Give us this opportunity to continue the success.

And God bless our enemies.

God bless each other. God bless our family.

Thank you for everything. Amen.

One, two, three...

-[all chanting] Bring that Heat! -Heat!

Let's go, Heat!

[whistles]

[whistle blows]

Whoo! Yes!

Focus. Come on!

Forget about everybody else.

One, two, three...

[all] Focus!

[whistle blows]

[buzzer sounds]

[whistle blows]

Go defense!

Defense!

[whistle blows]

[indistinct chatter]

[whistle blows]

Stay in it. Stay in it, all right? Stay focused.

[Orlando] I heard about the team two years ago.

I never wanted to come and try it because,

wheelchair basketball?

Like, what am I going to do?

That's like in a wheelchair? No.

[Jason Nelms] What happens a lot of times

is a newly injured person is like, my life is over.

Now, I'm in a wheelchair. I'll never do anything again.

But then, the first time they come out

and they see wheelchair ball, it's like, oh my God.

You guys can do this?

[crowd groaning and cheering]

-Close it out. -[man] Yes, sir.

[crowd protests]

[all chanting] Bring that Heat!

[Parnes] I am going to nitpick for the rest of the season,

because you are too good of a team not to win

the championship this year, all right?

What we're talking about is really nitpicky stuff.

Back to our city.

Back to our city, baby.

M-I-A-M-I.

I feel disabled right now because I'm not even pushing.

It's like, I feel like I'm being lazy.

[Allen] I've had so many people in my life

since I've been disabled ask me so many different questions.

You can't walk at all?

[whispers] You can't have sex?

You can't feel anything?

We're like train wrecks.

Everybody looks.

They're curious, but they don't know, really,

how to ask the questions.

How do you put people with disabilities in a good light

with physical disabilities?

Put us out there on the basketball court.

Let us bang and knock the hell out of each other.

You'll see how tough we are.

The ballplayers out there?

We know who we are.

We're waiting for America to know who we are.

[indistinct shouting]

I cut my hand, man.

I was going up for a dunk.

Fast speed, you know?

I'm trying not to cut my hand again.

I'll show it to you.

There it is, right there, a little piece right there.

Going fast, that thing there like a helicopter blade.

Look at that right there. Look at that.

You know, I'm used to it, though.

Bloody.

[indistinct chatter]

He gonna miss his shot. See?

Told you.

We are opposite teams. We were playing on a different team.

[Waldo] I improve every day!

[Jeremie] Every day? [Waldo] Every day.

See, I improve every day.

Mario, you practice every day, same thing.

Six days a week!

You wake up in the morning lifting weights!

You wake up early in the morning lifting weights!

Outside of basketball, I have a life.

[Mario] No, I'm calling it how I see it, homie.

And what I'm seeing is a straight hater envying on me.

He hatin', dawg.

You don't talk like that about another man, dawg.

Straight up.

I don't do it every day like you, you know?

Still pushing all this other type of stuff.

I don't care.

'Cause I'm saying, I don't care.

All right, I'm a hater.

And I still have a life outside of basketball.

I don't get up early in the morning thinking about wheelchair basketball.

I still can get on the court and perform on the court.

[Mario] Hold up a second. By the way, real quick.

Dawg, good shooting today, homie.

You fucking did good out there today.

[Waldo] I'm just letting you know, outside of basketball, I have a life.

[Mario] Basketball fills up a lot of empty spaces in my life,

a lot.

I left Jersey because I had to leave Jersey.

It's been a couple of years back, you know?

I'm not going to get into a lot of details with it

or nothing like that, but I realized like two years,

three years later, that I left Jersey the next day

out of nowhere, without telling my little sister nothing.

I feel like I raised her a lot because my father wasn't there,

so I was like the father figure to her.

Why I don't call her?

I feel like I fucked up on her.

I fucked up big time,

leaving without even giving an explanation and leaving her like that.

You know, like, my brother just left.

He's not coming back no more.

I wish her nothing but the best, you know what I'm saying?

Don't get me wrong. Like, that's my sister.

That's blood.

But I believe that water's thicker than blood.

They say blood is thicker than water, but not in my case, man.

Water's thinker than blood. It's just been shown.

My dad owns the house.

I've been here eight years already.

My brother used to live here,

my older brother, but he passed away.

And when I decided to make moves,

the house was here, so this is where I ended up at.

That's probably the biggest damage was seeing my dad,

how he ended up changing his attitude with me

and how our relationship ended up just going the opposite ways,

and growing apart.

It just hurt me because he told me, that day that he told me

all that, he told me that I should have died,

and my brother should have been the one alive.

So that kind of just shocked me.

I mean, he told me mean things before, but that one,

it's whatever, man.

I couldn't reply back to him no more.

It's whatever, though, you know?

If I got to live out of my car, I'm going to live out of my car.

Or if I got to go to a shelter, I'm going to go to a shelter

until I get things settled down.

But one thing I know for a fact, I ain't going to stop playing ball,

no matter what I gotta do.

If I've got to push 20 miles a day, to wake up at 7:00 in the morning

to be there by 5:00 in the afternoon, I'm going to do it.

It's possible, no excuse.

I could make it happen, no matter what. I just know I could make it happen.

I don't know the situation I'm gonna be put in,

but I'll make it happen.

I ain't gonna let basketball stop.

-[electronic beat] -[Jeremie whoops]

[singing] I'm in the studio!

[rapping]

[Resa] Jeremie don't say a lot, but Jeremie is a minister of music.

He started out in church playing the keyboard.

And I'm getting teary because it reminds me of a Sunday.

And he was on the keyboard.

And I thought it was the head minister of music

and I was like, where's Jeremie?

And when I looked over in the music booth, it was him playing.

And tears just ran.

And I was like, Lord, I thank you. I just thank you.

[singing] Lord, I thank you for this gift!

[plays piano]

Excuse me.

I get caught up when I talk about him.

Right now, it's just music and basketball.

That's all I know.

I got the heart shape of a basketball that beats music notes.

-[hip hop melody playing] -[humming]

No, no, no, no...

No, no, no, no, no...

[rapping] Life can be up

Life can be down

No matter how it goes just get the rebound

You can make or miss But don't worry, you took a shot

Every single chance Give it everything you got

I mean, every single drop

[humming in rhythm]

[Jeremie] Play the beat back over and over.

I usually get in the booth, put my vocals down, and clip it in.

Then, think about what I'm gonna say next, then record it.

[rapping] Life can be up Life can be down

No matter how it goes Just get the rebound

You can make or miss Don't worry, you took a shot

Every single chance Give it everything you got

It may take your last dime But it's worth every drop

I've been in it for a minute

I'm just grinding for my moment

Game time, baby.

Yeah, boy!

Hey D, you like the hair down, right?

He like the hair down. He like that.

Lion King, Mufasa!

[all chanting] Bring that Heat!

-Bring that Heat! -Showtime!

Whoo!

[music playing]

Oh!

Foul, man! Where's the foul?

Use the backboard, all right?

[whistle blows]

Come on!

We're not communicating.

[whistle blows]

Move the ball, all right? And move your chair.

[whistle blows]

[buzzer sounds]

[William Hernandez] You get a lot of parents

that want to have their child so "normal," quote unquote,

that they do not need to be doing all these wheelchair sports.

There was a kid, one time

and we were sitting there kind of demonstrating

wheelchair basketball.

And we were having kids come around,

and get into the chairs, and see what wheelchair basketball was all about.

And I saw this couple come in with their child.

And the child was excited. He was like, wow, look at that.

Look what they're doing.

But then, in Spanish, she replied and said, you know,

of course I understood what she said, but let's go.

This is not what you want to do.

And seeing this sport that everyone else that possibly has the same disability,

and they're all happy that they're doing this.

And she felt that it was...

I don't want to see my child. He's not disabled.

[Orlando] Is yours like that, too?

Mine is bigger, I think. Mine is longer.

I don't know, bro You tell me.

[Allen] You're an athlete. You're a wheelchair basketball player.

But you're a human being.

And you've had a trauma happen.

And your life has changed forever.

And you can go to rehab in the hospitals,

but your real recovery starts when you leave rehab.

And that's when you get slapped in the face of how different your life is,

over something that happened in five seconds.

I got shot January 13 of 2006.

Some guys approached me

and said, you're kidnapped.

The guy that approached me had a gun.

The guy next to him told him that there was people coming in the sidewalk.

And the guy turned.

When he turned, I tried to kick his gun.

The guy shot me twice and ran.

[Mario] I remember telling my friends, go catch the guy.

I think it's a BB gun.

And it wasn't a BB gun. It wasn't a fake gun.

As my body kept on getting tight, every breath I took,

flashback and flashback, that bright light is true, you know?

You see it in the movies and all of that,

that light and all those flashbacks of your life is true, and it's crazy.

I just told myself, don't close your eyes. Because if not, I might die.

From the way to my house to the hospital,

I was thinking of like all the best moments that happened

since my childhood to that moment when I was shot.

And it was like,

I thought it was going to be the end.

[Waldo] I moved down to Miami when I was in the ninth grade

and started hanging around the wrong crowd,

just trying to be a follower, not a leader.

I got shot three different times,

one in 2009, and I got shot again in 2010.

And the last time I got shot was in the back in 2011.

I was in a car accident, and broke my back.

So I already knew I was paralyzed as soon as I got hit.

I felt it. And I don't know, I just couldn't move.

[Orlando] The next thing I remember

was when I woke up maybe a month later in intensive care.

I'm just laying there with about 16, 17 staples in my stomach.

So I'm thinking, why I got all these staples in my stomach?

I thought I was going to get up and leave.

Yeah, they told me, yeah, I was never going to walk again.

I never thought before

that I was going to be in a wheelchair all my life, you know?

It's nothing that I have ever think of before.

[Waldo] When everybody left the room, it just...

I kind of broke down, and I cried, actually.

I was, like, more worried about

what people were thinking of me, how people seeing me or whatever,

than actual life.

[Mario] I started crying. My mother started crying.

And she asked me, what happened?

You know, I messed up so many opportunities

that I had to get it straight.

And you know, you don't even...

You just take it for granted, you know?

It takes a lot sometimes for you to realize stuff, you know?

[Jeremie] And I give big props to the guys on my team.

Some of the guys have been shot.

And to go through that, coming in this world walking

and being able to walk, and run, and play, and this and that,

it's a big privilege. And you must have a strong mind.

[motorized air pump whirring]

[Willy] I don't think it's gonna rain that hard.

[Mario] God is good, man. And anyways, this is the holy water.

Let's go get it.

Then, you're gonna practice like that?

If we have to practice like that, we have to practice like that.

If it's a war, we've got to fight, wet or not.

Have fun, guys. Let's go.

[Parnes] They're the ones that actually came up with the train idea.

So they're always pushing themselves and pushing each other.

[crowd cheering]

[all] Bring that Heat!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what we do, man.

One down, four to go.

Well, we got him here direct, live and direct from Fort Lauderdale,

the beast himself, 10-4, aka Moss, aka The Problem.

What an amazing comeback from the last tournament.

What was the difference maker in this second round of the year?

Well, you know, Tampa is a well-organized team,

so we had to respect...

We had to respect them.

We couldn't come in here with Bobby Boucher.

Bobby Boucher.

My blood is boiling!

We got the beast unit himself over here,

doing what we do best, doing best what we do, you know?

We're gonna get it, 'cause ain't nobody gonna get it for us.

On three... Bring that Heat.

-One, two, three... -[both] Bring that Heat.

[Jeremie] We're playing more as a team now than ever.

Seeing us all come together is all so inspiring and uplifting.

And that positive energy flows throughout the whole team.

[applause]

[buzzer sounds]

[whistle blows]

[all] Bring that Heat.

[Jeremie] Showtime! [all] Whoo!

I've got an announcement to make.

I got the scholarship for UTA.

[applause]

Another one of the books.

Nice one.

-[man] Take us out, sir. -All right.

-One, two, three. -Let's get it!

-One, two, three. -[all] Team!

[applause]

[Orlando] I never thought I was going to be able

to get a scholarship playing wheelchair basketball

or being in a wheelchair.

I never thought it was possible.

[Paul Schulte] There are very few, you can count on one hand,

other places in the world that you can go to college

and play wheelchair basketball.

[Rose] To be able to be like, oh, I'm going to college,

and then people are like, oh, for what?

And I'm like, oh, I'm on an athletic scholarship

to play wheelchair basketball.

It's just, like I never imagined

I'd be going to a D1 school on an athletic scholarship.

And I just think that's the coolest thing ever.

[Mario] Jersey, Jersey, man.

Jersey born, Jersey's own.

Let's get it.

Nothing like home they say.

Nothing like home.

God gave me a lot of signs.

I got locked up three times prior to that last one

I told you guys about.

Nothing happen.

So I guess God said, look, I'm going to have to stop you.

Ta-ga-ta! I get shot.

It was the best thing that happened, though.

It's finally home, man. Home sweet home, right?

That's what they say, home sweet home.

That's what they say.

That's what they say, right?

[doorbell buzzing]

[speaking Spanish]

You okay? You guys are chillin'?

[Mario's mother speaking Spanish]

-Aixaly, how many years? -I don't know.

-About eight or something. -Eight, nine.

[Mario] You know, it's crazy because anything I look at,

it brings back some type of memory, you know that?

Anything. Anything I look at, anything.

I can just look at anything.

It just brings back memories.

Everything's the same.

Remember the dryer right here?

-You used to shove me in there? -Yeah.

It was nuts, man. It was crazy, you know?

I remember when they put... [speaking Spanish]

In the corner, they put a picture of me...

What, was it flags and all that?

I guess to pay respect.

And I remember when Aixaly, she was a little girl.

I remember like it was yesterday.

And my mom told me that she asked her,

why do they have a picture of my brother,

if he didn't die, you know?

So yeah, and they took it off.

I forgot who it was. They took it off.

Well, my grandma was sitting right here.

And then, I come out, and then... Because every Friday,

my dad would come pick me up, we'd go to the movies.

And then he would come downstairs and pick me up to bring me up.

But he was like, it's all right. Go upstairs or whatever.

I'm here with my friends.

So I go to sleep. My grandma sitting right here.

[Mario] My dad called me that night to go pick her up.

[Roy Dominguez] You weren't by yourself, right?

You were with somebody?

[Mario] I was with my friends.

And she had a pair of... [voice breaking] Rollerblades.

[crying] And my dad...

It was hard, man.

You got me.

I'm not strong like you.

My dad called me to help her to pick up her blades.

And I was having a couple drinks.

And you know, I have so much respect for my dad.

[choking up] I didn't want him to see me buzzed, you know?

I forgot what I told him, you know?

That I wasn't around and this and that.

But I was on 49th Street, posted, no bullshitting

and everything happened, you know?

And ever since then, it's just been life.

[Roy Dominguez] Like I say, within a blink of an eye.

Yeah, life is a test, like Roy says.

He was always told me that.

"Mario, life is a test. Life is a test."

He'll say these little things and it would motivate me

and it would keep me focused, you know?

That's what happened, you know?

I don't know what would have happened,

but we could sit down and think, well, what if I would have

came and do this and do that...

Would have been different.

But whatever's gonna happen is meant to be already.

I know that, you know?

Tell me about it.

[Mario] Yeah, man. It's hard.

[crying]

This is where I came from, you know? This is where I'm from.

This is me.

But it's just hard, you know?

But it's cool.

And my mom, too, though...

Seeing my mom in the kitchen,

brings back memories of me as a kid, you know?

So I get a little emotional, so it's all right, though.

I don't care.

They say sometimes the best medicine is crying.

So I just let them escape my eyes, you know?

It's cool. It's a'ight.

That's what happened. This is the spot where I got shot.

[Mario] This is where it counts. This where everything counts.

With a bad game here, the one before don't count.

We've got something to prove, man, point blank.

I don't know about my teammates, but I'm going to speak for a lot of them.

We've got a chip on our shoulders` right now.

If we don't win, mission failed this weekend.

Point blank. That's it. We can't go to Nationals thinking

we're going to dominate, if we play not our game.

We got to play our game. And it starts here.

[all chanting] Let's go, let's go! Bring that Heat!

[Parnes] Take this shot!

[all chanting] Let's go, Heat!

[whistle blowing]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd] Five, four, three, two, one.

[crowd cheering]

We just beat the Tampa Bay Chihuahuas.

They ain't even strong dogs, you feel me?

Let's go, baby!

We're up by one in the season.

Now, it's getting ready for Nationals.

That's it.

Bring back that title.

Dirrick just promised us that if we beat Tampa,

he was gonna get in the pool.

This is a game-winning celebration.

Team Heat, baby!

Turn up!

This is how you cool off from bringing the Heat, man.

Good game. Good game, man.

That's how we bring the Heat.

Miki!

Good job, bro!

[woman] Is this what you're performing in?

Your green and black?

[Jeremie chuckles] Yeah, green and black.

[man] What's up, dude?

What's good, man?

I'm ready, yo. I'm so ready.

-[man] I'm ready. -I'm ready.

You ready? Yeah.

[man] You already know, man.

[Jeremie] If I go out, they ain't expecting me...

Hey, he can rap in a wheelchair.

[exclaiming] They be like, he can rap in a wheelchair?

That ain't nothing but getting up to a microphone

and speaking your mind and speaking from the heart.

[Jeremie] What does that have to do with me being in a wheelchair?

But you know, simple-minded people gonna

say, hey, he's in a wheelchair!

He's not supposed to be rapping.

He's not supposed to be singing!

He's not supposed to be playing basketball!

But what all do it. We make it happen.

This wheelchair don't mean nothing.

That's why I lift up my legs and show them my braces.

That's why I was performing with my legs crossed.

These braces ain't nothing,

[slow beat playing]

[Jeremie] Phenom, 10-4.

[rapping] I've been rolling Round in this chair

They just look at my legs and just stare

Confidence to the max And my swag gon' beware

And these girls on my trail And it ain't because of the fame

It's because I earned my name

And they ain't mess Around with these lames

I swear I'm in my own lane And they walking on two

I'm rolling on four wheels And I'm doing way more than you

I inspire, I motivate And I determinate my team

I supply that drive Make a non-believer believe

That anything is possible When going against the odds

And ain't nobody stronger If I rely on my God

My mama crying tears And I hate to see her cry

I told her we gonna make it Like the crash we survived

Oh, Lord, please forgive me For these bangers

I can flip it and switch it A rapper turned singer

And I live this life for me Somebody I'm trying to be

Ain't braggin', ain't boastin' I'm just being a better me

Just because I'm rollin' Don't play me like a fool

Just because I'm rolling Don't tell me what I can't do

Just because I'm rolling Don't mean a damn thing

Get you in that room Take off them clothes and do my thing

Just because I'm rolling...

[music fades out]

[flight attendant] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Louisville.

Please remain in your seats until the seat belt sign is turned off.

Keep the aisles clear of all personal belongings...

[Mario] The national championship is in Louisville, Kentucky this year.

It's the March Madness.

It's the big dance of wheelchair basketball.

That's where you leave it all out, play the top of the tops.

[indistinct announcement over loudspeaker]

[announcer] A brand-new Per4Max high-performance wheelchair!

[Joe Chambers] Some people, their first reaction

when they see a person in a wheelchair

they see an amputee, they see something like that.

They don't think "sports." They don't think athlete.

You get them in a gym like this and see this stuff,

that's what it's all about.

[Rose] A lot of my friends thought that it was a joke.

They're all on the basketball team at school.

We went and did like a shooting workout.

They're just like, I didn't know you were like this at all.

And I was like, I'm on a Paralympic team.

Like, what do you expect?

Like, I should be like this.

[man] Clap it up. Clap it up. Clap it up, guys. Clap it up.

[all] Who are we? Heat!

Who are we? Heat!

One, two, three... Teamwork!

Good shot. That's an aggressive shot.

Make them come out to you.

Now when the pressure comes out there,

we gotta set a pick, all right?

[whistle blows]

[Jeremie] Remind yourself that.

This is not last year.

[all chanting] Bring that Heat! Whoo!

Rebound, rebound, rebound!

[whistle blows]

[whistle blows]

[whistle blows]

-Believe on three. -[all] Believe on three.

-One, two, three... -[all] Believe!

[whistle blows]

[whistle blows]

[buzzer sounds]

We'll see them later. We'll see them later.

We're gonna see them later.

[Mario] We did not play Miami Heat Wheels basketball.

I could tell you that right now, like it or not.

[Manny] We didn't.

And it hurts me inside, because this is my family,

and you guys are my brothers.

And we gotta get it, 'cause it's ours, man.

Come on, man.

Why you started busting your back so hard and you getting it, boy?

Why you started hustling, getting all husky, boy?

I see it. You stepped up.

Everybody done better.

Luis, everybody.

Orlando came back, got his shot and done it, man.

Come on, man.

Everybody does something hard, man.

Let's go! Come on. We're a family, guys.

We got this, man.

We got this.

We got this, man.

[whispering pre-game chant]

Bring that Heat. Bring that Heat. Showtime.

[all softly] Whoo.

-[whistle blows] -Let's go!

Let's go!

Lemme get two!

Lemme get two!

[all] Whoo!

You gotta keep talking, all right?

Just like the bench is talking, just like they trying to let you know.

You gotta keep that head on a swivel so they don't get you on the back.

[buzzer sounds]

Lemme get two! Lemme get two!

[man] Get on the shooter!

Don't sit there and watch them shoot our lights out!

[buzzer sounds]

Beast unit, man. Beast unit... [stutters] Beast unit!

We in the final four, and we gonna get them.

Thank you. Tampa, here we come.

[whistle blows]

[whistle blows]

[Carlos] Hey, final three, guys, final three.

That's it.

One more, and we're in the championship game, guys.

Let's get it!

Let's go!

It's all about playing together, you know?

One team, one unit.

Let's get it.

Believe on three. One, two, three...

[all] Believe!

[announcer] Let's make some noise, everybody!

[crowd cheering]

[announcer] Let's hear it...

[crowd chanting] Let's go, Heat! Let's go, Heat!

[Parnes] We're supposed to be the fastest team.

We can't get back on defense.

Get back on defense!

Let's get it. Let's get it. Let's get it.

[all chanting] Bring that Heat! Bring that Heat!

-Showtime! -[all] Whoo!

[buzzer sounds]

[Mario] Lemme get two! Lemme get two!

[all] Whoo!

[Mario] Lemme get two! Lemme get two!

[all] Whoo!

I can't feel my arms, Mario!

But I don't care, boy!

Hey, one more.

Hey, one more.

One more!

[woman singing] Oh, say can you see

By the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed

At the twilight's last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

Through the perilous fight

O'er the ramparts we watched

Were so gallantly streaming

And the rockets' red glare

The bombs bursting in air

Gave proof through the night

That our flag was still there

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner

Yet wave

O'er the land of the free

And the home of the brave

[crowd chattering]

[Parnes] Let's play aggressively, all right?

Let's play defensive fundamentals, defensive fundamentals, all right?

Somebody doesn't do something that should be done, forget it.

Get down the court, all right? Keep playing, all right?

You miss a shot? Keep playing, all right?

Keep playing.

-Finish on three. One, two, three... -[all] Finish!

[crowd cheering]

[Carlos] Let's move the ball a little bit more.

We're shooting with 27, 25 seconds on the clock.

Eighteen minutes to go. We are pressing.

We are pressing them out of the gym, all right?

[whistle blows]

At this junction, poise and confidence.

Poise and confidence.

[man] Expect the unexpected, you hear?

Expect the unexpected.

Bring that Heat! Bring that Heat!

-Showtime! -[all] Whoo!

[crowd groaning]

[Mario] Lemme get two! Lemme get two!

[all clapping] Whoo!

[whistle blows]

[whistle blows]

[crowd chanting] Let's go, Heat!

[crowd cheering]

[buzzer sounds]

[Mario] Lemme get two! Lemme get two!

[all] Whoo!

[indistinct announcements over loudspeaker]

[indistinct chatter]

[Orlando] I think I'm a warrior.

I've been through six surgeries, and I'm still here.

And I don't give up.

You don't have to feel less for nothing,

'cause your legs don't work.

[scoffs]

Your body works. Your mind works.

The mind is the most important thing.

When your brain works, you can do anything.

Like, you want to have money,

you can have money being in a wheelchair, if you're smart.

You want to have a wife?

You can talk to a girl.

And whatever you want to do, it's up to the person

and what they want to achieve.

Other way, other way, other way, Mitch, Mitch, Mitch!

Don't settle for that. Don't settle for that.

Don't settle for that.

Go like this. Go like this!

I'mma get this somehow.

[Mario] I'm saying this is what we do,

live and direct from Miami.

A little two-on-two, you know, outside we just lost.

Me and Willy, 2 L's right now, you know?

Against Mitch and Moss.

It's all right, though, you know what I'm saying?

You've got to lose some before you win some, you know?

That's a'ight. You fall down seven, you get up eight.

You fall down nine, you get up ten, you know?

So that's cool. It's all gravy, baby.

It's all gravy, baby.

This is what we do. This is what we live for.

Right, Moss? Right, Willy? Mitch?

Hold on, hold on!

Ooh!

-[Mario] You all right? -Yeah, I'm good.

I'm good.

Game!

[Jeremie] Look in the mirror.

What do you want to be in life?

And make it happen.

Make it happen.

Believe in you when don't nobody else believe in you.

Believe in you.

It's a reason why you're in this position.

That chair you rolling in is your story, you know what I mean?

Don't be afraid to tell it.

You might be someone else's guiding light

out of that dark place in their life.

So just do what you do and make it happen.

Let's go. Let's go, baby, let's go.

[all] Bring that Heat! Bring that Heat!

Showtime!

Whoo!

[Jeremie rapping and singing]

Life can be up, life can be down

No matter how it goes Just get the rebound

You can make or miss Don't worry, you took a shot.

Every single chance Give it everything you got

Every single drop

[humming] Yeah

When the lights come on I'm jumping on it

Tick, tick, boom And I'm shattering all the rumors, yeah

I did this for the doubters Who told me I couldn't

Stay focused, kept faith When it didn't go my way

I see my challenge right in front of me

My competition in the mirror This is my decree

Obligated to make it happen I'm making magic

Sparks of motivation Overrated matches

I swore one day I'd make my dreams a reality

The greatest thing that ever Happened since the tragedy

Life can be up Life can be down

A challenge is a chance to rebound

Hold your head up

Don't hold your head down

All right, now turn it all around

We can be up, we can be down

A challenge is a chance to rebound

So no matter how it goes, rebound

So no matter how it goes, rebound

I remember long days I remember dark nights

Practice to be the greatest Trying to live above the hype

I jumped a couple hurdles On a mission to succeed

Kept my eyes on the prize Never settled for defeat

Through the blood, sweat and tears I had to make a sacrifice

I paved my own route Never thought about it twice

I took the higher road Journey to find my inner voice

The biggest letdown is When you let yourself down

I had the world on my shoulders

I had to carry the boulder

Left side said quit Right side said go

If you never try you will never know

If you got what it takes You gotta strive to be great

Might make some mistakes New day, blank page

We all got a story to tell With the purpose to inspire the world

Inspire the world

Hey!

Life can be up, life can be down

A challenge is a chance to rebound

Hold your head up Don't hold your head down

All right, now turn it all around

We can be up

We can be down

A challenge is a chance to rebound

So no matter how it goes, rebound

So no matter how it goes, rebound

Rebound

Go as far as you can see.

And when you get there, you'll be surprised

how much you learned along the way

and how much further you can see.

We didn't know all the answers,

but we knew what we wanted to do to get to the answers.