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  • By fourth grade, our next guest was completely blind and completely deaf.

  • But decided he would never let those disabilities be an obstacle.

  • Now he's a varsity football player at his high school,

  • proving to everyone that nothing could get in his way.

  • From Pottstown, Pennsylvania, please welcome, Marvin Pearson.

  • Well Marvin, you're something else and happy birthday, it's your birthday today.

  • >> Thank you.

  • >> [APPLAUSE].

  • >> You know what like- >> [APPLAUSE]

  • >> Who plans this?

  • It's my birthday and I'm in LA on the Ellen Show?

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> Who plans stuff like this?

  • You are literally the most inspirational person in the world.

  • Not even women, just the most inspirational person in general.

  • >> Well, I would say the same to you.

  • So thank you very much for saying that about me.

  • >> No problem.

  • >> But really you are an inspiration.

  • So this is crazy, you were eight years old and everything was fine.

  • And then slowly you started losing your vision and hearing at the same time or

  • first your vision?

  • >> To be honest I didn't even realize I was losing my hearing.

  • But as far as my vision goes, I went into school and I looked at a dictionary and

  • I realized at first I had to find a dictionary.

  • But I looked at it and I realized I can't see the words on this paper and

  • I told my teacher.

  • And of course, but my teacher didn't believe me cuz I was always that type of

  • person, I played around a lot.

  • And it was the boy who cried wolf demeanor all over again and

  • nobody believed me at first.

  • And then I didn't realize my hearing was going until

  • they fixed me up with a hearing aid.

  • And then I finally realized I can hear a lot better than what I did before.

  • >> Right, so by ten years old you had lost- completely your vision.

  • And you were completely deaf, which is when you got the,

  • what is this called that you can hear with?

  • >> I wear a cochlear implant.

  • >> Right, and so that's why you can speak so

  • well because that was put in right away, right?

  • >> [LAUGH] Yes, ma'am. >> Cuz you're completely deaf.

  • >> Yes ma'am.

  • >> Wow, all right, and the doctors have no explanation for this, they don't know why.

  • >> Absolutely none, as far my vision goes, the doctors know that I have

  • retina detachment cuz I have one of the best doctors in the world Albert McGuire.

  • And he realized that my vision was going and

  • he knew that I had a retinal detachment.

  • But he couldn't exactly explain why my vision, why it's

  • not as good as anybody else's and why my retina exactly detached.

  • And as far as my hearing goes, between me and you,

  • I don't think they knew why my hearing started going.

  • >> Yeah [LAUGH].

  • >> [LAUGH] I don't know why.

  • >> Yeah.

  • Okay, so and how has this, because this is now,

  • it started ten years ago, it's been eight years since both have completely gone.

  • How has this changed you as a person?

  • >> To be honest with you, going deaf and blind at the same time when I was about

  • eight, both mentally and emotionally matured me as a person.

  • Because I used to play around a lot.

  • And I'm not gonna lie to you, I still do play around.

  • But it's not to the extent of what I did when I was younger.

  • Now I realize it's time for me to grow up and it's time for me prove to the world.

  • Not just the people around me, not just to community within my circle, but

  • to the world.

  • All the people stands in the crowd right now, it's time to prove to you guys that

  • people with disabilities can do anything that you can do, unless we're talking-

  • >> [APPLAUSE]

  • >> Unless we're talking about driving.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> All right, well now you're going to have

  • self-driving cars, so you can drive too, don't say that.

  • >> Definitely.

  • >> You actually can.

  • So you play football, what position do you play?

  • >> I'm a running back slash quarterback.

  • Definitely an experience being able to step out to that football field game,

  • do what any other football player would do.

  • And I usually get in at a wildcat formation.

  • And once I step on that field, it's my job to know what's happening and

  • get people lined up.

  • And it's my job to get the ball from the center and

  • be able to run, score touchdowns and two point conversions and just do what I do.

  • >> Which you've done, cuz last week you did a two point conversion.

  • >> Yes ma'am. >> And the week

  • before you had a touchdown.

  • >> Yes ma'am.

  • >> Which is unbelievable.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> That's him running and

  • that's your teammate behind you.

  • And I know you have an inspiration in the NFL.

  • Tell us everybody who your quarterback is.

  • >> Drew Brees, baby.

  • >> Drew Brees, baby.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> That's right.

  • >> Coming out of college,

  • I looked up to Drew Brees as an inspiration because coming out of college.

  • Drew Brees, everybody was talking about a quarterback who can pass a good ball.

  • He can definitely throw a nice football, but they were saying he's too short,

  • he's 5'11", he's 5'10", don't let him lie to you.

  • But with the cleats on and the helmet, 5'11, six foot,

  • I give it a benefit of the doubt.

  • But they were saying he lacks arm strength and

  • he wouldn't be able to see over his offensive line men.

  • I think his tallest offensive line man is 6'7.

  • But Drew Brees, he does what he has to do in the football field and

  • proves everybody wrong- that I'm one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

  • And it goes to show five out of six years leading the league in passing and

  • I wanna be able to set an example.

  • Like Drew Brees has proven to everybody.

  • You can get over any obstacle that's in front of your way.

  • >> Because you love Drew so much, I got in touch with them.

  • The Saints would love for you to be their VIP guest at one of their home games.

  • You're gonna- we're gonna fly you to New Orleans and

  • you're gonna go on the field before the game.

  • You're gonna meet Drew and some of the players

  • >> Wait, is my head bobbing.

  • >> Yep, yeah you're happy.

  • Your plans after you graduate are what?

  • >> After I graduate from high school, I plan on attending

  • either Temple University in Philadelphia or Kutztown University.

  • Because they are both great programs with great sports management in general,

  • business management.

  • >> Well, I'm sure you're gonna go very far and

  • I can't wait to see you come back here and tell me what you're doing next.

  • But Shutterfly thinks your story is inspiring, they wanna

  • give you a check for $10,000 to help with your costs of college.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> We have a check for $10,000.

  • >> Is my head bobbing again?

  • >> It's bobbing again.

By fourth grade, our next guest was completely blind and completely deaf.

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