IT HAS TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL
CHANNELS TO MAKE IT TO THAT
CHAMBER.
ANTHONY BARR IS FULFILLING
HIS DREAM OF PLAYING IN THE
NFL.
HIS MOTHER INSPIRED HIM THE
MOST.
SHE RAISED HIM AS A SINGLE
APPARENT.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IT WAS
HIS TURN TO BE WITH HER.
HOW A COSTLY MISTAKE BROUGHT
MOTHER AND SON TOGETHER.
REPORTER: AT 6'5" AND 255
POUNDS ANTHONY BARR IS A
PHYSICAL PRESENCE ON THE FIELD,
BUT THE PERSON HE RESPECTS MOST
IN THE WORLD ISN'T A FOOTBALL
PLAYER.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN 100
YEARS.
REPORTER: IT'S HIS MOM WHO
GAVE BIRTH TO HIM IN COLLEGE.
I WAS TERRIFIED, I WAS GOING
TO GIVE BIRTH TO A A BI-RACIAL
BOY.
HE CAME INTO THE WORLD AND I
FELL IN LOVE.
REPORTER: SO DID HER
PARENTS JEAN AND JOHN.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY
DOUBT THAT THERE WAS A HOME FOR
THIS PERSON BOY OR GIRL.
REPORTER: THEY HELPED
ANTHONY BUT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO
ENCOURAGED HIM TO GET INTO
SPORTS MAINLY FOOTBALL.
ANTHONY'S ORIGINAL LOVE WAS
BASKETBALL BUT SHE ENCOURAGED
HIM TO GIVE FOOTBALL A TRY.
HE DID AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.
SHE LOVED THE GAME MORE THAN
ME.
SHE LOVES THE GAME AND I LOVE
THE GAME AND I LOVE HER FOR
THAT.
REPORTER: HE CAUGHT THE EYE
OF COLLEGE RECRUITERS.
LORI WAS ALSO A SUCCESS, A
PRINCIPAL AT SANTA SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, BUT A PERSONAL
NIGHTMARE CHANGED THAT.
STARTING WITH FINANCES SHE
BEGAN USING THE SCHOOL'S CREDIT
CARD FOR USE AND FROM THERE IT
SPUN OUT OF CONTROL.
IT WAS SHAMEFUL,
EMBARRASSING, BUT I COULDN'T
STOP.
REPORTER: SHE WAS SENTENCED
TO 180 DAYS IN JAIL, BUT THE
MOST PAINFUL THING WAS TO TELL
AUNTS ANY WHAT SHE HAD DONE.
I JUST SAID I HAVE TO TELL
YOU SOMETHING AND IT'S NOT GOOD
AND WE BOTH JUST KIND OF CRIED
AN AFTER A WHILE OF JUST KIND
OF SITTING THERE IN SILENCE HE
SAID THINGS HAPPEN, IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY.
I LOVE YOU ANY WAY.
SHE KNOWS SHE ALWAYS RAISED
ME THE RIGHT WAY AND EVERYBODY
IS GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES AND
SLIP UP.
REPORTER: LORI GOT A 2nd
CHANCE TO GIVE KIDS A 2nd
CHANCE.
SHE IS WITH THE DALLAS DOW
COWBOYS DEPARTMENT 37 THAT
HELPS KIDS GET THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.
EVERYBODY WAS TELLING ME
ABOUT HER PAST AND CAN YOU
TRUST HER?
I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE I
DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS SOMEBODY
OUT THERE WHO WOULD TRUST ME.
ANTHONY WAS PICKED IN THE
DRAFT, AND THE 1st PERSON HE
HUGGED WAS HIS MOM.
EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED I
HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S GIVEN ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW MY CHILDREN
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO MESS UP, THINGS
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT LIFE
IS GOING TO GO ON.
HE IS WORKING TO HELP
STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE MISTAKES
AND JUST NEED A CHANCE TO GET
BACK ON TRACK.
THE ANTHONY BARR FOUNDATION
SHOULD LAUNCH NEXT YEAR, TO