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  • JACOB SOBOROFF: I love that sound.

  • And I'm lucky enough to have the skills, the mobility,

  • and-- most importantly-- I got the editing

  • to make me look good.

  • Mother [BLEEP].

  • Every day, YouTube Nation would bring you the best videos

  • around, but today we're doing something special.

  • We're looking at some incredible athletes that

  • have overcome obstacles most of us couldn't imagine.

  • These stories will inspire you, and they

  • are guaranteed to lift your spirits no matter

  • what kind of day you're having.

  • And we're getting some assists from a few awesome teammates

  • like the ceremonial NBA draft pick Isaiah Austin, UFC

  • contender Brendan Schaub, and some top sports eTubers.

  • ISAIAH AUSTIN: Hey, what's up, YouTube Nation?

  • It's Isaiah Austin.

  • Just a week before the NBA draft,

  • I found out that Marfan syndrome will

  • force me to stop playing the game that I love.

  • So I know two things very well, basketball and overcoming

  • adversity.

  • And those are two things that I have

  • in common with an exceptional young man named Kevin Grow.

  • Kevin is an 18-year-old high school senior.

  • He's been playing basketball since he was five years old

  • and was team manager for his varsity squad.

  • Then the head coach finally put him in the game,

  • and this happens.

  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • ISAIAH AUSTIN: As if hitting all those threes

  • wasn't awesome enough, the students created a hashtag,

  • #GetKevinOnSportsCenter.

  • -The team manager for the Bensalem High School Owls,

  • rained down four threes Caught the attention

  • of at least one scout.

  • Philadelphia 76ers signed Grow to a two-day contract.

  • ISAIAH AUSTIN: Which led to becoming a Globetrotter.

  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • ISAIAH AUSTIN: Kevin shows us all what true love for the game

  • is like.

  • I feel blessed to have known that love myself.

  • BRENDAN SCHAUB: What's up, guys?

  • Brendan Schaub here.

  • If there's one thing I know, it's fighting.

  • From the emotional ups and downs to training camp.

  • To losing a big fight or winning a big fight.

  • Nick Newell was born with a condition that

  • left him with a shortened left arm.

  • Despite his disability, he racked up a perfect 10 and 0

  • record in his first 10 fights.

  • -When I go out there, I give it everything I have.

  • And at the end of the day, you can't really

  • be disappointed in what happens.

  • If you have an excuse before the fight, you shouldn't fight.

  • BRENDAN SCHAUB: Nick made history two years ago

  • when he defeated Eric Reynolds to become

  • the first one-armed MMA champion.

  • -Reynolds touched out!

  • It's good night, Irene!

  • The fairy tale comes true!

  • Nick Newell is the XMC champion!

  • BRENDAN SCHAUB: For me, the sport

  • is tough enough with two arms.

  • What's the most gutsy sports performance you've ever seen?

  • RACHEL DEMITA: Hey guys it's Rachel.

  • You may know me from my personal channel or from the Swag List.

  • I've been a basketball player my entire life,

  • and sometimes I take for granted the fact

  • that I live in a country that supports all women's athletics.

  • And that's why for me, this next video is really touching.

  • 20-year-old Laylan plays on an all-female basketball team

  • at the American University of Iraq Sulaimani Her story is

  • such an important one when you consider the legacy of gender

  • inequality in that country.

  • -There's the longest struggle for a woman

  • to prove themselves.

  • My name is Laylan.

  • I'm 20 years old, and I'm a basketball player.

  • RACHEL DEMITA: It's great to see how sports can universally

  • bring so much joy to woman.

  • Brooke Raboutou has completed seven record-setting climbs

  • around the world, and she's only 11.

  • Brooke Is the true definition of a phenom.

  • Her strength and flexibility allow

  • her to maneuver in ways that the world's top climbers aren't

  • even able to.

  • -She's set all these precedents in rock

  • climbing that 10 years ago, the top elite climbers were

  • having trouble doing.

  • You're talking like 0.0001% of the climbing community that

  • can do these climbs.

  • -Sometimes when I reach a place where

  • I don't think I can go any farther,

  • it's always possible to do something.

  • I just have to, like, try it.

  • -Good effort.

  • STEVE ROBERTS: Hey, YouTube Nation.

  • My name is Steve Roberts from STR Skill School.

  • Football soccer has been a passion all my life--

  • from sleeping with my ball as a kid

  • and now making YouTube videos trying to show you insane

  • football skills.

  • But can you imagine what it be like to play football blind?

  • STEVE ROBERTS: This video was released the day

  • before the World Cup.

  • It features Didiu Costa who went blind after being

  • hit by a motorcycle at the age of eight.

  • He plays in the Brazilian blind soccer

  • league which has 40 local clubs.

  • This game was extra important as he had the Brazilian National

  • Soccer coach watching the game, scouting

  • for players for the Paralympics.

  • STEVE ROBERTS: How much game would you

  • have if you had to play blindfolded?

  • JACOB SOBOROFF: Growing up in California,

  • I was surrounded by skateboarding.

  • But for some young people growing up in Afghanistan,

  • it's a healthy distraction from their day-to-day lives.

  • Skateistan is a charity project started by Aussie skateboarder

  • Oliver Percovich.

  • He uses the sport as a means to empower kids--

  • especially girls since they aren't allowed to ride bikes,

  • but they can ride a skateboard.

  • -Skateistan's becoming a bit of a hub of female sporting

  • activity, which is very exciting.

  • There's nothing like watching a Afghan woman

  • roll down a ramp for the first time.

  • And she's achieved something that she never

  • thought she would.

  • JACOB SOBOROFF: The currently have skate schools

  • in Afghanistan and Cambodia.

  • And if you want to learn more, there's

  • a link in the description.

  • All of the inspiring athletes we covered

  • prove that sports aren't just about the thrill of victory.

  • They bring out something much greater in all of us.

  • We got playlists for you coming up.

  • And also be sure to subscribe to YouTube Nation

  • because we bring you great moments like these, Monday

  • to Saturday.

  • And we got more sports specials for you coming up too.

  • Let's hear a few words of inspiration from Aida

  • to play us out.

JACOB SOBOROFF: I love that sound.

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