Cody McCasland - Double Amputee and Tokyo 2020 Hopeful

Follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for daily interactive motivation. https://www.instagram.com/edmylett/ https://twitter.com/EdMylett https://www.facebook.com/EdMylettFanP... Visit https://www.edmylett.com for tools to #MaxOut your life! --- This mind-blowing interview dives into the mindset of Cody McCasland, alongside his mother Tina. Cody, a double above-knee amputee, was born with a rare birth defect called Sacral Agenesis. This condition caused his legs to form without tibias or knees. At just 15 months old, Cody had both of legs amputated at the knee. He received his first pair of prosthetic legs at 18 months. He was asked to be a Spokesperson for the Challenged Athletes Foundation, or CAF. With this role, he attends athletic events, fundraisers and clinics to support other physically challenged athletes. He competes in various athletic events around the USA and Canada, with his ultimate goal of competing in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics for swimming. Cody has been allowed the opportunity to meet with several United States military veteran amputees. He spends time with them and shows off his “unlimbited” abilities. Cody lives to inspire others to do the best they can. You can reach Cody at: Instagram: @CodyM2020Swim Twitter: @TheTeamCody Web: TeamCody.com Facebook: facebook.com/theteamcody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 1:43Ed Mylett?

  Welcome back to Max Out with Ed Mylett. And I'm so excited that you're going to get to spend this hour with me. It's going to be one of the most life-changing, inspirational hours you've ever invested in your life or that I've ever had because of this young man sitting next to me. I was just telling his mom, on planet Earth today, of all the 16-year-olds in the world, I think this is the most impressive young man you will ever hear from at his age for a 16-year lifespan. What this young man has accomplished in his life is immeasurable compared to anybody else his age in the world. So I'm so excited to get into the story from you to hear from this special young man. So this is Cody McCasland. How you doing, brother?

• 2:20Speaker 05

  Good, how are you?

• 2:21Ed Mylett?

  Good, man. Good to have you here. And his mom, Tina.

• 2:24Speaker 05

  Nice to be here, thanks.

• 2:25Ed Mylett?

  Good to have you. And so, most of you don't know this, so I want to tell you how this ended up happening. It is crazy how God works. So, many years ago, I learned about Cody. And so, I had heard about his story. At that time, he was competing in triathlons at the time when I saw him. And he had just won a very significant award abroad in Europe. And so, I started to follow him and pay attention to this young man, because I'm always looking to be inspired. So, I followed him for a few years. And then, one day, I watched an interview with him and his mom. And I'm looking at the TV camera, and I'm thinking, "I know that woman. I know that face." And so, that face was Tina McNeil for me, which was, just so you know, my wife, Christiana's best friend growing up. And we went to high school together. And then, we had lost contact after high school.

• 3:08Ed Mylett?

  So, can you imagine my shock when I found out this person who's been inspiring me from a distance all these years is the son of such a great friend of mine growing up? And so, then, of course, we've made the contact. So, the irony is unbelievable how we ended up here today. And so, good to see you again.

• 3:23Speaker 05

  Yes, you too.

• 3:24Ed Mylett?

  We've been catching up all day, looking at old pictures of us in high school. And it's just, it's just a time warp for me, so... And I'm not surprised that you come from her, just so you know. What'd I tell you when we were off-camera? I told you. What'd I tell you about your mom?

• 3:35Speaker 05

  She's the greatest, nicest person.

• 3:38Ed Mylett?

  When we were growing up, you just know some people, when you're growing up, are just good. And they're gonna have a good life, and they're always gonna be genuine and good. And that was Tina. But today's a lot about you, brother.

• 3:46Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 3:47Ed Mylett?

  So, thank you for being here.

• 3:49Speaker 05

  Thank you for having me on the show.

• 3:50Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, and it's good to be in your, in your home, too, and feel the spirit of your family. Todd's a wonderful man, too, your stepdad. And just blessed to be here. So, let's get into it. Let's talk a little bit about you for a second. So, if you can't tell, you can see that Cody is wearing prosthetics. And so, when Cody was 18 months old, you don't remember this, but you ended up having your legs amputated, right?

• 4:10Speaker 05

  I had my amputation at 15 months old.

• 4:12Ed Mylett?

  15 months.

• 4:13Speaker 05

  And I got my first set of prosthetic legs at 18.

• 4:15Ed Mylett?

  At 18. So, the amputation was 15.

• 4:17Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 4:18Ed Mylett?

  And at 18 months old. And so, that's never stopped you, though.

• 4:22Speaker 05

  Right.

• 4:22Ed Mylett?

  So, talk a little bit, just for a second, about you right now, what you're doing in your life. You're, you're a world-class pair of... athlete, you've traveled all over the world, this guy's won awards at the Vatican. I mean, if we listed all of the awards this young man's won, he's an exemplary student. But how did you get to this point, man? Like, did you, what age did you start saying, I'm gonna start competing? Look, let's be honest, a lot of people that have a circumstance like that, their first inclination is, I'm gonna go be an athlete, right? That's not the first thing you might think of. So, how'd that start and how'd you get here?

• 4:52Speaker 05

  So, I started swim classes with my mom before I even learned how to walk. So, that's how I got into the love of swimming. And at three years old, I told my mom, I wanna go to the Olympics for swimming.

• 5:06Ed Mylett?

  At three years old?

• 5:06Speaker 05

  Three years old.

• 5:07Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 5:08Speaker 05

  So, she did some research and she found the Paralympics and got in touch with them. And from there on, I got onto a swim team at five years old, went to my first national competition at 10 years old, and just kept going on from there.

• 5:23Ed Mylett?

  Are you all hearing this? Like, it's unbelievable. And then you also compete, just so y'all know, you compete on the able-bodied team as well, right?

• 5:30Speaker 05

  Yes, I practice on an able-bodied team, I go to their swim meets, and then I'm on the varsity swim team for Keller High School.

• 5:37Ed Mylett?

  And you all understand how amazing this kid is? So, I wanna weave the story together. So, cuz you say that like it's like nothing, right? Like, ah, I decided I was gonna swim when I was three. Well, you didn't have legs at the time.

• 5:51Speaker 05

  Right.

• 5:52Ed Mylett?

  So, that's not a normal request of a three-year-old. Like, you're not a normal dude, right? You're an extraordinary dude. And then to compete and say that you wanted to do all these things is unreal. But I wanna go to mom for a second. So, let's go all the way back, cuz I believe, you know, I know you're a person of faith, you know that I am too, and so, I wanna talk about, so you're, did you know prior to delivery that there was gonna be any issues with Cody medically?

• 6:17Speaker 06

  No, the only thing that we really thought was gonna be an issue with Cody was that there was possibility he was gonna be early. I got put on bedrest at, you know, 27 weeks, return labor, but other than that, thought everything was gonna be normal. It had been a hard pregnancy, I'd been sicker than a dog.

• 6:31Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 6:31Speaker 06

  That was it.

• 6:32Ed Mylett?

  That was it. And then, so he's born, and then how soon after he was born, did you know there might be some medical issues?

• 6:39Speaker 06

  So, went into the doctors that day, and they said, today's the day, you've gotta go get a C-section, he needs to come out, he's no longer growing inside of you. So, went down to the hospital and got checked in and went in for my C-section. Um, I knew that he probably wouldn't be breathing because he was six weeks early. So I'd prepared myself mentally for the fact that I needed to expect the room to be a little bit chaotic. Everybody trying to work on him, making sure he was breathing and stuff. And so when he was born, that was exactly what happened. There was no crying, there was no noise. And they took him immediately to a little incubator next to where I was, but I couldn't see anything. And it was really quiet, like more quiet than I expected. Like, nobody was even telling me anything.

• 7:23Speaker 06

  And a couple of minutes later, he was breathing, screaming. And they wrapped him up and brought him over to me and said, okay, we're taking him now. And they took him to the NICU and his father went with them. And they, you know, normally stitched me up and got me all cleaned up and everything and put me in the recovery room. And as far as I knew at that point, he was fine. He was just a preemie. But then I was in recovery, so maybe thirty minutes after he was born or so, his dad came in and told me that, um, the doctors had said to prepare for him to die.

• 7:58Speaker 06

  And I, all I can say is I had a pure sense of peace over me. It was as if the Lord just kind of surrounded me and said, no, he's fine. He absolutely is fine. And I looked at him and I said, no, uh-uh, he's fine, he's gonna be okay.

• 8:12Ed Mylett?

  Did you verbally say that?

• 8:13Speaker 06

  Uh-huh, oh yeah. And his dad said to me, Tina, we've been told to call a pastor in. He's, he's going to die. And I just said, no, I don't believe it. He's not going to.

• 8:28Speaker 06

  And that was that. I mean, I was just kind of, it was going to be okay.

• 8:31Ed Mylett?

  You had a knowing that he was gonna be okay.

• 8:32Speaker 06

  Yeah, I just had a knowing that he was gonna be okay. And a little bit later, they came in and said, okay, here's the deal. Cody has some very significant differences. He has some major intestinal issues. We're not sure if he has normal kidneys. He needs to be transferred to a different hospital. So they did, they took him to a different hospital within probably two hours of his, his birth. Um, and got a call that night from a surgeon who said he's gonna have surgery tomorrow. He needs to get a colostomy, he has some intestinal issues. And that's the only way he's going to be able to, um, stay alive for the, the next, you know, few months until we can figure out what's going on with him. And so I was like, okay, that's fine. He'll be okay, he'll be fine. And I never let any of that get me down. I knew that

• 9:17Speaker 06

  There was just a peace, a real peace over me that Cody was gonna be okay.

• 9:21Ed Mylett?

  Did you know when we were growing up, I'm just curious, I was just thinking, no, I really like, the Lord chose you, right? Like, this all happened for you and not to you, in hindsight, that's obvious, but at the time it wasn't. Did you know you were like, have you always had this sort of strength, or was it revealed to you in this moment? Because I think, a lot of times, people that are watching this, they'll hear from you and think, I don't have that kind of strength, or I don't have that kind of faith. But sometimes, it's in that moment that you find it, right? So, are you even surprised by how strong you were during that time? Or were you always this way when we were kids and I didn't know it?

• 9:53Speaker 06

  No, I don't think I was necessarily. I think everybody has different points in life when challenges confront them, and they have two options. They can become the victim of that, and run away and hide and say, oh my gosh, I can't believe this is happening to me. Or they can stand up to it and say, you know, there's gonna be something positive that comes out of this. It's all in how you deal with issues. And I just absolutely knew that all I could do was be there for him. I can remember there was a day when I did get down, I mean, I'm not gonna lie. There was obviously times where it was very overwhelming. He was medically very fragile and very sick. And they came and said he was gonna have to have another surgery. And I was like, gosh, this poor little guy, another surgery. And I was talking to my mom about it, and I was crying, and she said, Tina,

• 10:37Speaker 06

  you have two choices right now. You can cry and wallow in this, or you can take this as, you need to be there for him. He needs you right now. You need to be strong for him. And at that point, I went, you're right. I need to be his rock.

• 10:51Ed Mylett?

  I can see it on your face still. It's interesting, because you played the support role, but you're also the leader. And I think it's important for people that are listening to this, because a lot of people that are listening to this are in different businesses, they're in different things, and some of them are the support piece. And, you know, you have to think, Tina takes all your excuses away. You're having a hard time supporting someone because they're not making enough money, right? Or they're gone too much. This is a woman who needed to be there to support a baby who was having multiple surgeries over and over again. That's something that takes some strength to support, right? And so, if you compare the two, you certainly can find the strength she found, because what she had to found was far more profound than what you did. So- Cody was born, I loaned a little bit, you weren't born with your, you had some intestinal issues like your mom was talking about, right?

• 11:32Ed Mylett?

  And then also, talk for a second if you can, maybe, maybe your mom's more familiar with, but I'd like you to answer if you can. Your tibias weren't formed or didn't exist in certain places in your legs, is that right? What tells a little bit about that?

• 11:43Speaker 05

  So I didn't have my kneecaps or tibias. So I had my femurs, just no kneecaps and no tibias, and then I had the bones in my feet.

• 11:56Ed Mylett?

  Feet, and how soon did you find that out?

• 11:59Speaker 06

  Well, so it was a process because when you're born, your, your bones are not calcified, so you can't even see them on an x-ray. And so the doctors were actually feeling around and they thought on his right side that he was missing those bones. But on the left side, they actually thought they were there. They thought they might not be fully developed, but they thought they could maybe do surgery on him to make him work, usable. And so when he was about a year old, we decided to go to a secondary hospital in Pittsburgh, or actually, I'm sorry, Philadelphia. Just to kind of get a second opinion because it's a big decision to make of what you're going to do when, when you're talking amputation, that's life-changing. And so we went to another doctor and they said, absolutely, we agree with the first doctor, there are no tibias in either leg and there's no patellas, no knee bones on either leg.

• 12:43Speaker 06

  And so the best option for Cody would be to have them go ahead and amputate through the knee, no bone skin cut at that point. And give him the opportunity to walk on prosthesis. Now, we did not know whether or not he would walk for sure. He had enough differences where his hip wasn't created normally, it was just, it wasn't a good fit, so we knew that. We knew his muscle tone in his legs was different, his muscle tone in his glutes were different. And so whether or not he'd be able to actually get up on prosthesis was still not known. But the whole thought behind it was Cody's legs weren't normal. They looked like a frog. They sat like a frog, they could not get straightened, clothes didn't fit him correctly, he could not wear tennis shoes because his, one of his foot was clubbed under.

• 13:26Speaker 06

  And so for Cody, his legs really just dragged behind him and got in the way. And so even if he was not able to use prosthesis, he'd be in a wheelchair. Well, in a wheelchair. Again, he's gonna be sitting in a position that's very abnormal.

• 13:39Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 13:39Speaker 06

  And so he was gonna be more normal without that part of his legs.

• 13:42Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 13:43Speaker 06

  Than with it.

• 13:43Ed Mylett?

  What a massive decision, though. I mean, how many surgeries, so 15 months, how many surgeries did he have before the 15 months? Did he have other? Would you say the first 15 months, roughly, how many surgeries did Cody have, including this one?

• 13:57Speaker 06

  You know, probably somewhere about nine or 10.

• 14:00Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, I guess. So, I giggled earlier, because I'm so joyful about where you are. I giggled when you were telling that story ironically, because I was just thinking, you know, you're wrestling with these first 15 months, and obviously after that, too, but you have all these issues you're wrestling with, to think that during that time, this boy of yours is gonna go to the Vatican and win an award, and gonna compete internationally in sports. Like, it's just amazing, man. It's just amazing. And that's why I found you. I'm like, it's, here I am, I'm in my mid-30s, and there's this boy from a distance, who at the time, you were like 6, 8 years old when I was hearing about you originally. I didn't know that Tina was your mom, and you're inspiring me, you know? I mean, like, and all of you have something where you could be inspiring, you could overcome. Cody takes your excuses away, Tina takes

• 14:43Ed Mylett?

  them away. I just was curious about this, though, because as a parent, what's it like, just for a second, we're gonna get to you now, brother, but what's it like, what's it like, you're driving to the hospital that day, and you know your 18-month, your 15-month-old, rather, boy's gonna have his legs amputated that day. What's that like? How do you, how do you get through something like that? Was it your faith? Was it, how people that are, they're going through something they think is major, which isn't comparatively speaking, probably, but what was it that got you through those decisions, through those moments? Because you clearly made the right decision, right? So what was it that got you through that?

• 15:22Speaker 06

  You know, part of it is definitely faith, knowing that everything happens for a reason. And...

• 15:29Speaker 06

  I knew I didn't know what that reason was at that point in time.

• 15:32Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 15:32Speaker 06

  But I knew that through figuring out different processes of what was wrong with Cody, what would be the best outcomes for Cody.

• 15:41Ed Mylett?

  Hmm.

• 15:41Speaker 06

  Having that knowledge, plus having faith that the Lord's gonna provide us the tools that we need to get through things.

• 15:47Ed Mylett?

  Wow.

• 15:48Speaker 06

  We just have to choose to use those tools. This surgery really was a tool.

• 15:52Ed Mylett?

  Hmm.

• 15:52Speaker 06

  It was gonna help him have a more fulfilling life in my mind. And I'm not gonna say that there wasn't tears that day because there absolutely were.

• 16:00Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 16:01Speaker 06

  Anytime your child has a surgery, you're scared, are they going to wake up?

• 16:05Ed Mylett?

  Yep, sure.

• 16:05Speaker 06

  And so that really wasn't any different than any of the other surgeries prior to that.

• 16:10Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 16:10Speaker 06

  The big thing was, the doctor actually warned us for this. You're gonna have to sign a piece of paper that says, "We can dispose of his legs."

• 16:17Ed Mylett?

  Oh, yeah.

• 16:18Speaker 06

  And it was like, "Okay, what's that gonna be like?"

• 16:21Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 16:21Speaker 06

  And they told us about it beforehand, and I have to tell you honestly, that day, that was not a big deal.

• 16:26Ed Mylett?

  It wasn't.

• 16:27Speaker 06

  Not at all.

• 16:27Ed Mylett?

  It wasn't, yeah. It was your well-being that was probably the big deal, right? So you go from there.

• 16:32Speaker 06

  Yes.

• 16:33Ed Mylett?

  Alright, so, here we go. Now we're gonna go on this ride, this 16-year ride, right? So, you were in the pool actually, prior to this happening though, weren't you?

• 16:40Speaker 06

  Yes.

• 16:40Ed Mylett?

  You were in the pool before your amputations. That's how much you loved the water. So, what is this deal, man? So you, you're different. Like, you have these huge goals already. Like, it's not normal for a 16-year-old to have such bold, ambitious goals, and then you just knock 'em down and crush 'em too. So, go back a little bit earlier. So, you're this little guy. What age do you first remember, like, wanting to compete and wanting to win in swimming or the triathlons or the other stuff you were doing?

• 17:04Speaker 05

  Probably when I was about four or five, when I joined a swim team

• 17:09Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 17:10Speaker 05

  over in Colleyville. And that was my first time swimming on a competitive team. My first time starting to work out in the pool a bit more. First time going to swim meets.

• 17:19Ed Mylett?

  Okay. Were these all parameets when you were going to them, or were these...

• 17:22Speaker 05

  No, these were all able-bodied.

• 17:24Ed Mylett?

  Come on, man. So you go into that first meet, you're four or five years old. You know that you're a little bit different-looking than these other kids, right?

• 17:29Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 17:30Ed Mylett?

  Were you nervous? Because here's the thing, why do I ask you? I wanna give everyone a lead-in. Everyone here is thinking about doing something new. It might be walking into a new business, or walking into a new relationship, or, you know, maybe they're having a setback, they're gonna walk into a smaller home, or start over again, right? You're a four-year-old, man, and you're gonna go into a swim meet with kids who are able-bodied, right? Did you have anxiety about that? Do you remember that? Or are you like, "No, we're just here to kick some butt"?

• 17:54Speaker 05

  I was excited, actually, I think. I was ready to go. I was excited to swim.

• 17:59Ed Mylett?

  Do you think that's because your parents, your mom, gave you such confidence at home? Or are you just like wired like a freak? Like, are you just... Like, what do you think it is?

• 18:07Speaker 05

  I think I just liked being in the water so much that if I was in the water, I didn't care.

• 18:12Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, so you were doing something you loved.

• 18:14Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 18:14Ed Mylett?

  Is really what it was, yeah. Were you any good at first?

• 18:17Speaker 05

  I was beating people with legs, so...

• 18:19Ed Mylett?

  You were?

• 18:20Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 18:20Ed Mylett?

  You were beating people with legs? Like, even in, like, four, five, six years old, you were swimming?

• 18:24Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 18:24Ed Mylett?

  You'd already? That's unreal. What was, when you were younger, like, one of the most significant achievements you had? Swimming? Did you, like, win a big meet? Did you... Anything like that, when you were a kid?

• 18:35Speaker 05

  It's probably when I started to get to travel a bit more, is when I started...

• 18:42Ed Mylett?

  Where have you traveled to swim?

• 18:43Speaker 05

  I've gotten to go across the US. I've been to Canada. This summer, I'm going to Ireland for swimming.

• 18:49Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, this is big. Tell them about that. What are you doing in Ireland this year?

• 18:52Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 18:52Ed Mylett?

  This is huge.

• 18:52Speaker 05

  So, this summer in Ireland, I'm going to compete in the 2018 IWAAS Games.

• 18:58Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 18:59Speaker 05

  And I applied for this in December, and the team was picked in January or early February. And we get to... It's a group of 29 people. Only four of those people are actually going for swimming. The rest are going for track and field events.

• 19:15Ed Mylett?

  Is this a USA team?

• 19:16Speaker 05

  Yes, this is a USA team.

• 19:18Ed Mylett?

  For your country?

• 19:18Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 19:19Ed Mylett?

  So, awesome. Yeah, that's a big deal, dude, just so you know. That's a really big deal. So, you've done that, you've been all over the world. The other thing you've done that, where I first saw you too, is like, because of what you've been able to achieve, and because of what you're able to do, and you do it... I love how you think. Like, to you, it's not a big deal, but to the rest of us, it's a big deal, right? So... But you've actually inspired people in other places. I watched this thing... I want you to talk about this just for a second. A lot of the wounded warriors founded you, right? Because a lot of these guys... That were in combat that had an IUD or something like that and they lost a leg or lost both limbs. You've inspired those guys too, right? Like this message has gotten out there. Your story has to those guys. Talk a little bit about that. Have you, have you ever met some of these guys? And how's that, how's that gone?

• 19:58Speaker 05

  Yeah, so when I was younger, I would go down to San Antonio where the wounded warrior, or where the wounded veterans hospital was and I would go and talk to them and I'd let them know.

• 20:09Ed Mylett?

  How old were you when you did that?

• 20:10Speaker 05

  How old was I? I was like 10? I mean, talking about 7, 8, 9, 10.

• 20:14Ed Mylett?

  He would go down there and speak to the wounded warriors, the vets at 7 or 8 years old?

• 20:20Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 20:20Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 20:21Speaker 05

  And I'd tell them, hey, look, I'm swimming, I'm running, I'm still doing everything that I could do with legs. So you going, you losing your leg, you can still do all of this.

• 20:34Ed Mylett?

  Oh my gosh.

• 20:34Speaker 05

  It might be a little different, but you can still do it. You can still enjoy life.

• 20:38Ed Mylett?

  What made you do that?

• 20:41Speaker 05

  Uh, just me, I liked to share my story. I liked telling people, hey, look, you think you're having a bad day? Look, you can do all, I'm doing all this stuff here.

• 20:53Ed Mylett?

  Right. Does it ever surprise you that you do all this stuff? Like, do you, I mean, because other people react to you a particular way, right? Or is it just like normal to you? Like, I'm just gonna do this stuff? Like earlier, we took some footage in the backyard. We had to walk up this hill. And I'm like, that's a pretty steep hill. You're like, nope, I got it. I'm gonna do it, right? Like, and it wasn't easy for you.

• 21:09Speaker 05

  Right.

• 21:10Ed Mylett?

  But you didn't really care. It's almost like you just said, I'm going to do it and then you just did it. Is that sort of how you are?

• 21:14Speaker 05

  Yeah, it's pretty normal to me. If I see a challenge, I just go right for it. I might have to tackle it a bit differently, but I go for it.

• 21:21Ed Mylett?

  Oh man, you're, you're, just so you know, like lots of people right now are trying to keep their car on the road that are listening to this, or they're so inspired. They want their kids to see this. And so, let's talk a second about, see, obviously, there's all these achievements and we're gonna move through all of them. It's hard to do in an hour because there's, the list is gigantic of the things you've achieved already. But talk about this for a second, because Tina was saying this too. Either one of you can answer this. We can start with you. Pete, you, you look different, right?

• 21:47Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 21:47Ed Mylett?

  You, you acknowledge that. When you're out, you look different, right? And so... How should people react to somebody that's different than them? How should they react?

• 21:55Speaker 05

  They should treat them just the same. They should go up to them if they have a question and ask questions. I hate it more when you just have people staring at you and they know they want to ask a question, but they don't.

• 22:07Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 22:07Speaker 05

  Because if they don't ask a question, they're just gonna have that with them for a long time and they're just gonna regret it because they're gonna see another person someday along the road and they're gonna be like, "Don't ask a question again."

• 22:19Ed Mylett?

  So you prefer someone to come up and say, "Hey, what's going on? What happened to your legs?"

• 22:22Speaker 05

  Yeah, I'd prefer that.

• 22:24Ed Mylett?

  And you agree with that too?

• 22:25Speaker 06

  Absolutely. I think we, as humans, have this just desire to have an appropriate behavior in front of people. And what we think is appropriate is maybe not tackling subjects that are more challenging. And so when someone looks different, people say, "Oh, shh, don't talk about that." Especially to their children, because children have no filters.

• 22:45Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 22:45Speaker 06

  And so when you're out with your kids, I mean, I'm sure your kids did this. They might say, "Hey, look, that person's got crazy hair." "Oh, look, that person's got tattoos." I just heard a funny one about that, that someone said their kids saw someone's tattoos and said, "I want stamps like that."

• 22:59Speaker 06

  So kids are gonna say whatever they want. Well, kids see these and they would say, "Look, he has robot legs."

• 23:04Ed Mylett?

  You've actually heard that term before?

• 23:05Speaker 05

  Yeah, oh, tons of times.

• 23:07Speaker 06

  And it's not a big deal, really. I mean, yeah, they're cool, the robot legs, they're different. So if you're gonna let kids ask those questions, they're gonna learn. They're gonna become more aware of what's happening around them. And they're gonna learn that things aren't to be ashamed of. I mean, what is shameful about having prosthetics? Nothing.

• 23:24Ed Mylett?

  Nothing, right. That's so good for us all to hear though, because even me, you know, I'll see somebody in a certain situation. I'm thinking, "I don't want to make them uncomfortable by looking at them sometimes." And so it's just a great lesson. I mean, you're right, kids don't have that. But this, so you all know this too. Like, this dude's done horseback riding, he's done flipping soccer, he's done triathlons, he's done all kinds of sports. Just, you love swimming, that's what it's become down to. But are you gonna, your mom was telling me, are you gonna maybe get back in and do a tria? You've got a disc issue in your back, right? So on top of that, he's developed this disc issue in his back. But you're gonna do a triathlon again?

• 23:56Speaker 05

  Yes, for, so our high school swim season has finished for the year. And after the season finishes, you have three choices. You can do water polo, you can do triathlon, or you can do off-season swim. Now, I was tempted to do water polo, but I think that wouldn't work out too well.

• 24:18Speaker 05

  And then I did offseason swim last year, but I just wanted to do a bit more cross-training this year.

• 24:23Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 24:23Speaker 05

  So I decided I'll try triathlon this year.

• 24:26Ed Mylett?

  Man, that's bananas. I love that. You're gonna kick some tail at it. I just, I just like, I wonder when you're watching this, like, what your excuse is, because it's, I think, just having been around you too, I think it's like, you just don't have limited thinking. Like, I don't think you think in a limited way. Like, I, I think adults suffer from this too. It's like, well, I can't do that because I don't have this money, or I can't do that because of my circumstances, or when my kids get older, or whatever, you come up with these excuses. You just don't have them. You're like, no, I want to do it. I'll figure, you'll find a way to do it, is what it seems like with me, right? Talk about that kind of perspective. You have this thing you talk about, "Posa Can."

• 24:56Speaker 05

  Posa Can.

• 24:57Ed Mylett?

  What the heck is that?

• 24:58Speaker 05

  So Posa Can is a positive attitude, or positivity with an "I can" attitude.

• 25:03Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 25:04Speaker 05

  Posa Can.

• 25:05Ed Mylett?

  Posa Can. I love that. Okay.

• 25:06Speaker 05

  And it just sums up what I try to be. I try to always share my positivity and "I can" attitude with others, and show them that I might not have legs, but I'm still happy and I'm trying everything I can.

• 25:22Ed Mylett?

  Dude, I love that. I think I may steal it from you. I think it's really good, but that, that is really, do you have, I want to ask you hard things now, not the softball stuff. So, do you have things in your life where they've, can you think of a circumstance where you're like, I don't know if I can do this? Do you have doubts, and then you just overcome them, or do you just think you can do anything? I'm interested.

• 25:44Speaker 05

  Everyone has doubts at some point in their life. It's just, do you, you have to go through those doubts. You have to work through them, and not just turn away and say, oh, well, I'm not gonna try it. It looks hard.

• 25:56Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, you'll just try.

• 25:57Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 25:57Ed Mylett?

  Yeah. Have you had setbacks before?

• 25:59Speaker 05

  Definitely. Like, when I was little, I wanted to run, and we didn't know how that would work or anything. So we went to the doctors and said, Cody wants to run. And they went and talked, and I ended up being at the time, one of the youngest people to receive running legs. Now, though, they suit people up with these running legs at two, three years old, though.

• 26:21Ed Mylett?

  Unbelievable. I watched a video, I think we'll probably feed this in here a little bit, Nico, you'll feed this in here, and I watched this video. of the day you gave another boy his legs. Do you remember that?

• 26:33Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 26:34Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, and when the first thing is you go, hey, come on, run like this and you just did it.

• 26:38Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 26:39Ed Mylett?

  I thought there was a huge lesson that one, I could see the joy on your face for giving, which is just like you did with the Warriors. You love to give, you love to inspire. Honestly, think this, I think the Lord had this happen for you because you have this giant heart to give and to, because a lot of guys could even go through this, win and they still have the heart to give it. Like you want to spread this, right? But what you did, it was so perfect. You go, come on, and you showed him. You didn't just tell him, you showed him, you guys went running off together and all of a sudden he's running and you're running. Do you love that? Because I think you could do this as a speaker too. I've told you this, right? Like, do you love inspiring people? Does it make you feel good? Is it something that you're conscious of doing when you do it?

• 27:14Speaker 05

  Yes, I love inspiring others. I love talking and sharing my story with others. It's a great feeling.

• 27:21Ed Mylett?

  And is he, um, I'm gonna ask you Tina, like, when you watch him, you love all your children, obviously, they're all special. We were talking about all your children and you could tell me all the great things about every one of them, but one of the things about him is like, he sets big goals.

• 27:34Speaker 06

  He does.

• 27:35Ed Mylett?

  Right? Like, and so talk a little bit about, like, I want kids to hear this because a lot of kids watch this, Cody's ability to think about what he wants and do them in a big way at a young age. Tell, just tell how he's unique in that regard.

• 27:46Speaker 06

  Yeah, so Cody, as young as, like he said, three years old, was already talking about wanting to go to the Olympics for swimming.

• 27:51Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, not just swim.

• 27:52Speaker 06

  Yeah. And so then it's like, okay, well, we can't just squash that. You have to have that spirit in a person. And so.

• 27:58Ed Mylett?

  Parents, listen to this, don't squash that, right?

• 28:00Speaker 06

  Don't squash your kids' goals because that's their dream. We don't want to put our expectations on our children.

• 28:06Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 28:07Speaker 06

  And so our job as a parent really is to help them, you know, find a way to reach those goals to their fullest potential. And so what we did with Cody was obviously we got him onto a swim team. That was the first step. But we took baby steps along the way. And so, you know, the first goal for Cody, as funny as this sounds, was beat a kid with a, beat an able-bodied kid, beat a kid with legs.

• 28:26Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 28:26Speaker 06

  And the minute he did that, it was like. I beat a kid with legs! And it was the funniest thing, that was his thing when he got out of the pool that day when he had that race.

• 28:35Ed Mylett?

  Oh man, what a day.

• 28:36Speaker 06

  And then from there it was, okay, individual goals. This is your times that you've had up to now, and we do this still. You're gonna need to beat that time. You're doing this against yourself. Don't be comparing yourself to anybody else. Compare yourself to yourself. That way you're not letting anybody else down, you're not letting yourself down. All you can do is get better than yourself.

• 28:54Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, and you might be faster than them, and comparing yourself against someone who's slower than you doesn't serve you either, right?

• 28:59Speaker 06

  Right.

• 28:59Ed Mylett?

  That's such a huge lesson, is not to compare yourself with other people, because, one, you may not be where they are, and it'd hurt your, you know, your ability to get better, but also you may be better than them, you should be competing against yourself. So here's how big this dude's goals are, right? So I'm so impressed. Tell everybody what you want to be as a career as you get older.

• 29:16Speaker 05

  I would like to be a pediatric anesthesiologist.

• 29:19Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, and how do you know that already?

• 29:20Speaker 05

  So I figured that out when I was about three years old, just because of how often I was around the hospital and in surgery and stuff, that being around doctors, that kind of just pulled me in, and I liked my anesthesiologist, so I kind of just clung on to that.

• 29:40Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, but you haven't just had it as a goal, you've also taken some action towards that goal. What have you done already? This dude's 16. He swims, he competes, he's a 4 point plus plus GPA, straight A's in almost every AP etc. class, but on top of all that, you've already taken steps towards that goal at 16 years old, what have you already done for that?

• 30:00Speaker 05

  So I've already gone up to the hospital, I've gotten to shadow a general surgeon, I've gotten to shadow a little bit of an anesthesiologist, an neurologist. I'm on a after-school program called HOSA, which is Health, Occupation, Future of America.

• 30:19Ed Mylett?

  Okay, something of America, yeah.

• 30:20Speaker 05

  Yeah, and what it is, is you pick a competition that's in the medical field type thing. I did clinical nursing. You take a quiz online, and if you place in the top 10 in your area, you go on to Regent.

• 30:36Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 30:37Speaker 05

  And then if you do top 2 in Regent... Region, you move on to state. And I got first place.

• 30:43Ed Mylett?

  Oh, my gosh.

• 30:43Speaker 05

  So I'm moving on to state.

• 30:44Ed Mylett?

  You're going on to state, that's awesome.

• 30:45Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 30:46Ed Mylett?

  Congratulations.

• 30:46Speaker 05

  Thank you.

• 30:47Ed Mylett?

  That's so great. You, um, see, he, I, I think there's formulas, there's recipes to your success. One, that, that pause a can attitude that you have, I think is huge. I think you set these big goals, but the other thing you do is you take action towards them. You just try.

• 31:00Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 31:00Ed Mylett?

  It's like, you just try, like, I don't think you're afraid to fail. I think that's one of the strengths of you. I want people to hear how they can impact someone's life in any career, though. Tina, you don't think it's coincidental, and he mentioned it a little bit, that he wants to be an anesthesiologist, right? One of the reasons is why there was a particular special person, right? That, just tell, I want you to know that when you go the extra mile, when you do something special, you can change the world, because think about this, go ahead, tell the story real quick.

• 31:24Speaker 06

  Yeah, so Cody's had, or he had had the same anesthesiologist for many of his surgeries. And she was just a very loving person, nurturing person. She would pick him up and carry him back to surgery, give him stuffed animals beforehand, come and check on him in his room, and just built that bond with him.

• 31:38Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 31:39Speaker 06

  And I think that does go right along with what you're saying. When you pay that little extra attention to somebody who might be having a bad day at work, or if they're not certain of their own path, and you kind of give them just a little bit of positive feedback, it really can help them have that inspiration to move on into what they're looking for. And so Cody, you know, not only did he like her, Cody likes to help people.

• 31:58Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 31:59Speaker 06

  He's not scared of being around medical things. And I think for him, it's always been that, I know I can help somebody if I'm in medicine. And he can have the empathy because he's been there.

• 32:09Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, you know, see, you can change the world in so many different ways. Like, she didn't know that, but as she's carrying this little boy back and doing that little extra thing and caring for him, he's falling in love with her indirectly, wanting to be her someday, right, in that time. And the person she picked to do it for is a world changer, right? So she indirectly changed the world through this guy. It's like amazing, just, you plant these seeds and the harvest is beyond what you can even imagine, right? So she didn't know she was planting these seeds in this magnificent human right here, and you end up being the world changer. So, talk a little bit to kids for a second.

• 32:42Speaker 05

  All right.

• 32:42Ed Mylett?

  So, and this, you didn't know I was gonna ask you this, but I want to just ask you this, this is okay. There's kids out there that are your age that are partying all the time. They're not, and they have perfect legs, right? They have all the ability in the world, they have all the opportunities in the world, and they're blowing it already right now. A lot of you have kids that aren't taking their grades seriously, they're not taking their life seriously, they're not getting focused. Then there's a dude like you, right? So, just not bragging, not preaching at people, but what would you, you had a 16-year-old friend right here and he's like, "Hey, man, I'm kinda sloughing off, I can't get focused." Maybe he doesn't believe in himself enough. What would you tell that buddy of yours, that 16-year-old buddy of yours?

• 33:20Speaker 05

  If you have a positive attitude, you can do anything. That's the first thing there. And you might need that extra little push, you might need to find someone to help you. Find someone, an advocate to find you.

• 33:36Ed Mylett?

  There you go. You found it. So, talk about that. That's such a core part of your message. What about this advocate idea? You're not afraid to ask for help.

• 33:43Speaker 05

  Right.

• 33:44Ed Mylett?

  Are you? So, talk about that. How important are advocates in your life?

• 33:47Speaker 05

  So, one of my advocates is right here, my mom. But I have tons of advocates. I have friends, I have teachers, I have parents. My AP at school, he helps me all the time with his problems when I'm out of school. If I have a teacher that's not wanting to work with me, I just go talk to him and he takes care of the problem. Advocates are very important because if you're running into any problems anywhere, you can talk to them and they can try to help you.

• 34:14Ed Mylett?

  Brother, that's such a huge message because we're sitting over here before we were recording and Todd and you were both talking about how important advocates have been for you. And I asked you, "How do you get them?" You go, "I ask. I ask for help," right? And none of us will ask one person for help. Maybe you need to ask 10, but find that mentor, right? Find that advocate, because you haven't gotten where you've gotten alone, right? You've had your mom, you've had these other people. You don't accomplish life-changing, world-changing things on your own. There's people around you. So, it's such a powerful, powerful message. I really do appreciate you sharing that with everybody. Okay, so, I told you before we were filming today, I hope you're all feeling this, by the way, okay? But I told you, I said, "Hey, this is your old story," right? Like, I told you and I challenged you, I said, "The only way that this story is powerful going forward is the next 16 years are just as amazing," right?

• 34:59Ed Mylett?

  And so, are you... Are you the type of dude who you're never satisfied? I'm just curious, like what makes you wired? Are you, are you, do you waste days? Do you waste hours? Are you always trying to do things? Just trying to get in like how?

• 35:11Speaker 05

  I'm always ready to move on. At swim practice, I'm always ready to be right in the water. I like to be the first one in, last one out.

• 35:20Ed Mylett?

  Are you? Did you learn that? Did your mom tell you that? Or did you just, are you just that way?

• 35:24Speaker 05

  I just like being in the water and that kind of just wanted to make me work harder, basically.

• 35:28Ed Mylett?

  Do you do that in school too? Or is school easy for you?

• 35:30Speaker 05

  School is nice for me. I like it there. It's pretty easy, simple.

• 35:35Speaker 06

  He says that, but he's also the kid that if you give him an assignment that's due in two weeks, he's got it done right away. So he is very self-motivated. He doesn't like to procrastinate. He likes to make sure he kind of sets goals for himself to get things done along the way. And that way, he's ahead of the game.

• 35:49Ed Mylett?

  Yeah. Do you, so you get to, you've observed this guy up close for 16 years, right? So what would you tell people about someone like him? What's, what is different about him? What would you say that you've observed that's different about your little boy? Your now young man? That what's makes him special? What's different about him?

• 36:07Speaker 06

  I think what really makes him special is the fact that he's teachable. He's open to getting feedback. Not to say that as a teenager, he's not defensive at times. He doesn't get, you know? Like any kid does. But he will take the time to listen to you and really absorb what you're saying to him. And he's got sensitivity about himself. So he's sensitive to others. But he also sets goals, which I think is so unusual for kids these days. Many goals, many kids don't have goals that they put forward.

• 36:37Ed Mylett?

  That's what I think.

• 36:38Speaker 06

  You know? They talk about adolescents now going into people's twenties because they're not getting that part of their life in place while they're in middle school and high school like we did.

• 36:46Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 36:48Speaker 06

  But, and I don't know where that's come from because...

• 36:51Ed Mylett?

  Part of it's come from you. I'll be honest with you, I was telling Cody. The Lord chose you. You were always a little bit different. You were always a little kinder, a little more focused, a little... No, you just always were good when we were kids growing up. Just you guys have to know how mind blowing it was for me to find out that Cody's mom was Tina. It's just, it's the most, one of the most... And then how blessed it is even that the Lord put me in this position that I can help elevate you and that little did we know, think about how amazing life is, is it where we're 13 and 14 years old hanging around each other, that somehow God would conspire to put our lives together to do this right here. It's just amazing. When you look back, life happens for you, not to you.

• 37:30Speaker 06

  Life has a purpose.

• 37:31Ed Mylett?

  It has a purpose.

• 37:32Speaker 06

  And so long as you're willing to put that purpose into motion, it's great. But if you're gonna sit back and let, and let life happen to you, I think that's where the victim mentality comes from.

• 37:42Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, you, you're not a victim, are you?

• 37:43Speaker 05

  No.

• 37:44Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, what, have you ever thought about that? I mean, do you, have there, do you spend a lot of time laying around going, "Man, I, I wish I had this," or "I wish I had that"? I mean, do you ever?

• 37:51Speaker 05

  No.

• 37:52Ed Mylett?

  You don't?

• 37:52Speaker 05

  I might have a disability.

• 37:54Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 37:54Speaker 05

  But it's also an ability.

• 37:56Ed Mylett?

  How so? What do you mean by that?

• 37:58Speaker 05

  I might look like I'm disabled, but I'm in the water and I'm beating people with legs.

• 38:05Speaker 06

  I think the big message here is that the disability is his legs are missing.

• 38:09Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 38:10Speaker 06

  But a true disability is what's in between your head. I mean, anybody that is like Cody has two choices in life. They can get up, they can figure out how to move on and walk. Big deal, walking. Kids have to learn how to walk. But it's whether or not you're gonna let that difference about yourself affect your inability to move forward and do what you have goals to do. You can figure out how to do anything you want to. Now, we may not all be able to be Michael Phelps and, you know...

• 38:41Ed Mylett?

  I'm never gonna dunk a basketball, right?

• 38:43Speaker 06

  Exactly. But we can all figure out what our own

• 38:45Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 38:46Speaker 06

  unique thing is about us that we're really good at and go and excel in that. So long as we put those different things into place that are gonna help us get there.

• 38:52Ed Mylett?

  I think a lot of people that watch this, they're so in touch with what their disadvantage is or what they're not good at. If you ask the average person, "Tell me five things that are great about you," they'll struggle for an hour to come up with it. You say to me, "Five things you're not good at." Boom, they can list, they can list 50. And I also think that when you get dosed with maybe something that you're not great at, like I'm terrible at math. Like I'm just terrible. Science, I could not get through chemistry. I just was horrible. Mr. Park was my chemistry teacher. Right, so I just had this, I just had a terrible time with it, right? But I got overdosed with other giftedness and blessings, right? And so I think life's about finding out what your giftedness is, finding out what your blessings are, and then living your whole life that way, right? That's what makes a great life, and you've done that. So you're not in touch with what the disability is really in any way.

• 39:37Ed Mylett?

  You're, you just have found ways to make yourself great no matter what. So we've got a couple of minutes left, and I don't want to make sure that they're, they're powerful minutes. If you could give a message to anybody who's going through a tough time right now. This is a tough one. They're going, I'm going through a tough time. Doesn't matter. They, they could be a kid, they're not getting good grades, or they're getting bullied at school. Or, um, you know, their, their parents are getting divorced. Or it's an adult getting a divorce, or their business isn't going well, or there's just... Any people's lives have problems, right? And so they'd look to this 16-year-old dude, who by the way is an expert at this. You're an expert, right? And that's why, by the way, for a lot of you, we're gonna talk about this in a minute. I think he'd be a great speaker to come speak to your organization as well. But what would you say to somebody who's going through a tough time right now? What should they do?

• 40:23Speaker 05

  Pause a can first.

• 40:24Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 40:25Speaker 05

  And secondly, be strong. Don't give up. It will always get better. Just make it through the tough times and it will get better.

• 40:33Ed Mylett?

  Wow.

• 40:34Speaker 05

  Just have that faith.

• 40:35Ed Mylett?

  Do you, I was gonna ask you, it's faith that you have that too. What would you say to somebody like that? Same thing, or would you add anything to that?

• 40:41Speaker 06

  The only thing I would add to that is that, you know, if you have faith, you have to know that there's always gonna be tough times in life. The Lord provides you the good times, but he also provides you the challenges. And the only way we get stronger for those good times is by going through those times where we have challenges. If you can just remember that, you're gonna experience some amazing different things in your life, but you've gotta go through those challenges to get to that better.

• 41:04Ed Mylett?

  Yeah. Did you think when he was, could you envision all of this? I'm just like...

• 41:09Speaker 06

  Never.

• 41:10Ed Mylett?

  Never.

• 41:11Speaker 06

  Cody is truly a blessing as a child, but sometimes when I as a mom get to sit back and watch, I think, why was I picked?

• 41:19Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 41:20Speaker 06

  Why was I picked to get to see him go through what he's gone through? There's definitely, like I just said, there's definitely been times where it's been extremely hard.

• 41:29Ed Mylett?

  Of course.

• 41:30Speaker 06

  Extreme challenges, lots of times where you cry. Why me? I will tell you, I said, "Why me?" But I always knew it was gonna get better.

• 41:40Ed Mylett?

  You did.

• 41:41Speaker 06

  And I get to be his mom.

• 41:43Ed Mylett?

  So wonderful. What you got is so wonderful. And it's, your life has momentum, man. What it is is that your mom was such a great mom to you as a young man. And then you started achieving. And what you're a product of, it's like, people go, "How in the world?" Right? Like, seriously. But I kinda know, one, it's God's favor. Two, it's having these advocates, mainly being your mom. Three, it's being driven and positive and the things that, there's this recipe. Like, you can duplicate this in your life, right? And then there's this other thing you have, and it's life momentum. Like, you get momentum going in your life. I have this theory that momentum's this force that can get you to do from average things to extraordinary things. And that momentum was with effort. That momentum was that first time you got in the pool, man. Before you even had your legs amputated.

• 42:27Ed Mylett?

  Or that first meet when you're 40 years old, and you have the courage. A lot of guys, "I don't wanna go, I might not..." There are kids out there right now don't wanna go to their game because they think they're gonna strike out. Right? Or they're gonna not make a basket. You went to a dad gum swim meet. You went to a swim meet with no legs. And then started beating able-bodied people, right? So you created this momentum by doing it. You're an example. Cody and Tina are examples of what your life can be like when you get momentum, when you have this recipe and this formula. Your challenge, young man, is that this momentum continues, right? That you don't rest on these laurels, that you keep pushing, that you keep getting better. And so, I wanna ask you a question. If I come back here, okay? And I come back in two years, which we can, okay?

• 43:12Ed Mylett?

  So I come back here in two years. What will I have seen you done by then? Are you gonna go compete? Because in two years is 2020.

• 43:18Speaker 06

  Right.

• 43:19Ed Mylett?

  And that's the reason why I asked you about two years, okay? So what are your goals? Think about that, 2020, there's a reason for that date, right? Okay. So what do you want to have accomplished by the end of 2020? What are some of your goals?

• 43:30Speaker 05

  I would like to be on the Paralympic team, going to Tokyo and competing.

• 43:35Ed Mylett?

  Yes, yes, that's a biggie and you'll be done with high school, right? Will you have your grades in check to get good grades when you get through there?

• 43:41Speaker 05

  Yes, I will.

• 43:42Ed Mylett?

  So, how do they follow you? Because you're gonna watch this young man, you're gonna hear about his journey, you'll see some of the clips. There's only about, I don't know, how many medals are out there in the bed?

• 43:50Speaker 06

  Probably about 75, 80.

• 43:52Ed Mylett?

  Like 75, 80 medals this young man's won, right? Been to the Vatican, helped the wounded warriors, spoken all over the world already, right? Been everywhere, competed everywhere, and now he's gonna be representing the Team USA and has a chance by 2020 to be in the Paralympics. That's massive, brother, right? And so, where can they find out more about you? What's the best place to go find you and follow you?

• 44:15Speaker 05

  I have multiple social media accounts. You can find me on Facebook at Team Cody. Or search my name, Cody McCasland. You can find me on Instagram, search my name, Cody McCasland. And I'm on Twitter, on @TheTeamCody.

• 44:32Ed Mylett?

  At TheTeamCody.

• 44:33Speaker 06

  And he also has a website.

• 44:34Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 44:35Speaker 06

  CodyMcCaslin.com or TeamCody.com.

• 44:38Ed Mylett?

  Okay, so there you go, everybody. So, this is one of the most inspiring humans on the spinning planet right now. And I opened up by telling you that I'm so proud of my 16-year-old son, Max, you know that. The greatest compliment I could give you is that you remind me of him in so many ways. But your story's extraordinary. It's not, it's not normal. On the planet right now, of people that were born when you were born, I think you're the most inspiring person on the planet right now. I really do, brother. And I wanted the world to see you and your beautiful mom, who I've known like 3 times longer than you've even been living, right? But I want the world to follow this guy. If you're interested in having him come speak to your organization, make contact. If you want to help contribute to helping this dude travel and do the different things, we're not opposed to that either.

• 45:22Ed Mylett?

  Anything you want to do to get involved and follow him, be inspired by him. And what we'll do is we will come back here in 2 years and we will replay the end of that interview and I'm gonna hold you to what you told me. Because this is, listen to me, this is the beginning of your story. This is the first chap- ...of your life and the best chapters are coming and you're the author of them, right? We know that.

• 45:44Speaker 05

  Yep.

• 45:45Ed Mylett?

  There's no better author in the world, so thank you so much.

• 45:47Speaker 05

  Thank you for having me on the show.

• 45:48Ed Mylett?

  Oh, good, Tina. Thank you, thank you. All right, everybody, listen to me. Follow this guy and if you enjoyed today or you're inspired, which I'm pretty sure you've driven off the road by this time and pulled over, or you're watching this on YouTube, here's all I ask you to do, I always ask you to do this. I bring you the most inspiring people in the world or the people that can give you the tools and the tactics. All I want you to do, it's all free, is just like it or rank and review it depending on the platform you're on. Make a comment, send a review and let's max this out, everybody. God bless you.