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>>> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO "GREAT DAY HOUSTON."
OUR AUDIENCE IS FROM THE MAN --
THE NANCY OWENS BREAST CANCER
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. HE VISITED HOUSTON RECENTLY TO
PROVE HE HAS GAME.
I'M TALKING ABOUT DENNIS
RODMAN.
RODMAN.
RODMAN. DENNIS, YOU HAVE DESCRIBED
YOURSELF AS A SURVIVOR.
YOU ARE ALSO A THRIVER.
WHEN YOU WERE A KID DID YOU
EVER PICTURE YOURSELF DOING
GREAT THINGS?
GREAT THINGS? HOW IS IT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO
DO DECEMBER TO DO DESPITE WHAT
SOCIETY SAYS?
SOCIETY SAYS? >> IN THE 70s YOU HAVE A TYPE
OF SOCIAL WAYS TO GET OUT OF
THE PROJECTS.
THE PROJECTS. BASICALLY YOU ARE PUTTING THE
STRUGGLE IN THE WHOLE TIME.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH AVENUE
WILL TAKE YOU AND TO WHAT
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. I
PLACE. I GOT LUCKY.
MAYBE A SPIRITUAL BEING CAME
AND TOUCHED ME ON THE SHOULDER
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I GUESS I'M GRATEFUL THAT I
WASN'T IN JAIL OR DEAD BACK
THEN.
THEN.
THEN. >>
THEN. >> YOUR MOM WAS LIKE SO MANY
MOMS TODAY.
MOMS TODAY. SHE WAS STRUGGLING.
SOMETIMES FOUR JOBS.
THAT MEANT NOT THE NURTURING
THAT EVERY CHILD NEEDS.
DID YOU GET A SENSE OF A WORK
ETHIC FROM HER?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.
YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE WHAT
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH UNTIL
YOU LOOK AT IT AND SEE IT.
WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG YOU PRETTY
MUCH ARE RUNNING AROUND WITH
YOUR HEAD CUT OFF.
YOUR MOM IS REALLY, REALLY
STRICT.
STRICT.
STRICT. KNOW I'M 50 I CAN LOOK BACK AND
SEE IT.
SEE IT.
SEE IT. >> I WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE OF
KIDS THE OTHER DAY FROM THE
COMMUNITY CENTER.
COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY SAY YOU MAKE THE
IMPOSSIBLE SEEM POSSIBLE AT
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. YOU WERE 5'6" AND YOU HAD YOUR
PUBLIC STRUGGLES.
PUBLIC STRUGGLES. BASKETBALL WAS PROBABLY NOT
GOING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU. THEN YOU HAD A GROWTH SPURT.
ONE LESSON THERE IS NEVER COUNT
OUT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A
POSSIBLE TRUE PASSION FOR YOU.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> TODAY IT IS EASIER BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A LOT OF OUTLETS.
WE HAD SO MANY LESS
POSSIBILITIES BACK THEN.
NOW THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS
TO DO NOW.
YOU CAN STRIVE AND BE
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. ESPECIALLY SPORT ATHLETES, THEY
HAVE SO MANY AVENUES NOW.
THERE IS NO EXCUSES WHY YOU
CANNOT DO ANYTHING SUCCESSFUL.
MOST PEOPLE LIKE ME IN THE 70s,
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EVEN GET A
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. ESPECIALLY LIKE A BAG CHECKER
OR SOMETHING.
OR SOMETHING. >> YOU WERE A JANITOR AT THE
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> SPORTS IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT OPENED THE DOORS
FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
WHAT IS INTERESTING TO ME IS IT
IS NOT JUST ENTERTAINMENT.
WE KNOW YOU MET WITH KIM JONG-
UN.
UN.
UN. WHAT
UN. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS SPORTS
BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
WE ARE NOMINATING YOU FOR A
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO WIN BUT
THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S OKAY. >> IT SPEAKS VOLUMES AS TO WHAT
SPORTS CAN DO IN A COMMUNITY OR
A COUNTRY.
A COUNTRY. >> IT IS AMAZING.
I THINK PEOPLE REALIZE WHEN YOU
SEE SPORTS, SPORTS IS SO
POWERFUL.
POWERFUL.
POWERFUL. IT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. IT IS MORE POWERFUL ALMOST THAN
GOD.
GOD.
GOD. WHEN
GOD. WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE -- IT IS IN
THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS BEING
RELIGIOUS WITH GOD AND JESUS.
PROBABLY THE SAME BALLPARK AND
HOW MUCH PEOPLE RESPECT SPORTS
AND HOW SPORTS REALLY DO
CONNECT PEOPLE TOGETHER.
KIDS UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT
LIKE A WHITE AND BLACK THING.
IT IS A UNIVERSAL THING.
IT IS A HUMAN THING.
>> YOU ARE IN A VENTURE RIGHT
NOW THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO
SPORTS.
SPORTS.
SPORTS. EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS.
THERE ARE TICKET SERVICES OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THIS IS DIFFERENT.
>> THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
MARK HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. I NEVER KNEW HE WAS INVOLVED
WITH THE TICKET MASTER-TYPE
DEALS AND LIVE NATION.
HE HAS HIS OWN THING CALLED ANY
TICKETS.COM.
TICKETS.COM. HE HAS BUILT THIS BRAND WHERE
HE CAN GIVE YOU MORE THAN A
TOTAL PACKAGE.
TOTAL PACKAGE. NOT JUST GETTING TICKETS AND
SITTING IN THE STANDS, YOU'LL
HAVE THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE.
IT IS MORE LIKE IF YOU WANT TO
GO TO A COWBOYS GAME, OR
HOUSTON ROCKETS GAME OR YOU
WANT TO MEET JAMES HARDEN AND
STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU CAN BUY
THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT
INDIVIDUAL.
INDIVIDUAL. NOT JUST THE GAME.
YOU CAN HANG OUT WITH THEM AND
TAKE PICTURES.
TAKE PICTURES. THAT'S WHAT HE'S CREATED.
PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO GET
AUTOGRAPHS.
AUTOGRAPHS. THEY WANT PICTURES.
THEY WANT THE CONNECTION.
>> THE EXPERIENCE I WANT IS THE
NEXT TATTOO I GET I'M GOING TO
GET IT WITH YOU.
>> THAT'S FINE.
>> OR PIERCINGS?
>> IT DON'T REALLY MATTER.
IT IS HOT IN HOUSTON.
IT IS VERY HOT HERE.
WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
TO GET TATTOOS.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHEN THE
PARLORS ARE OPENED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SPENDING TIME WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF
YOUR LIFE STORY WITH US.
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