MURRAY: Hi, I'm Murray from Sesame Street.
And I'm looking for the Word on the Street.
What's the word on the street?
GIRL: Athlete.
MURRAY: What is an athlete?
FIREMAN: An athlete's somebody who trains for a sport.
MURRAY: How do you get to be an athlete?
GIRL: Well, you have to practice a lot.
MURRAY: What else do you have to do to be an athlete?
BOY: Exercises.
MURRAY: What kind of athlete are you?
BOY: I play soccer, baseball, and football.
MURRAY: Keep listening for the word athlete today
on Sesame Street.
GIRL: Athelete.
MURRAY: Hup!
That's the word on the street.
ALBERT: Hi, I'm Albert.
GROVER: And I am Grover.
ALBERT: And today we are here to tell you
all about the word athlete.
GROVER: Yes, athlete.
Tell them what an athlete is Albert.
ALBERT: An athlete is a person who
is really good at playing sports.
GROVER: Right, and today we have with us
a real live athlete in the flesh.
ALBERT: It's true.
GROVER: Because I am not just Grover.
I am athlete Grover!
Ha!
ALBERT: You're an athlete Grover?
GROVER: Oh, yes.
I am very good at the sport of football, Albert.
Watch this.
Throw me the football!
Oh!
Oh, uh-oh.
OK, perhaps football is not my sport.
But luckily we have another athlete.
ALBERT: Yes we do.
GROVER: And that athlete is tennis athlete Grover!
Hit the tennis ball to me!
Oh, forget it.
As it turns out I am not very good at playing sports.
I am afraid we cannot show them an athlete today Albert.
ALBERT: Yes we can.
GROVER: What are you talking about Albert?
ALBERT: I'm an athlete.
GROVER: Wha- You?
Ha ha!
Get out of town!
ALBERT: It's true.
I'm a professional baseball player, Albert Pujols.
GROVER: So you are an athlete?
ALBERT: Yes, I trained to play baseball,
and I'm good at baseball.
GROVER: Well, we shall see about that.
Throw the baseball!
Wow, you are good at baseball.
You are an athlete.
TJ: Come on Barney.
MARGARITA: Yes!
TJ: Hey, you're pretty good.
Mind if I play?
Hello?
MARGARITA: 'Scuse me, but this is my court.
TJ: Well, I don't see your name on it anywhere.
Do you Barney?
BARNEY: I don't know.
[GROWLING]
MARGARITA: Ah!
Hey!
Would you please get out of the way so I can play.
TJ: How'd you like to go one on one?
MARGARITA: Me?
Play with you?
Don't be silly.
You can't play basketball.
Not in that thing.
TJ: It's OK, Barney.
Oh Yeah?
You might be a surprised, unless you're too tired.
MARGARITA: You're on.
[WHISTLE]
MARGARITA: Oh yeah.
Ah!
TJ: Yes.
[WHISTLE]
TJ: I win!
MARGARITA: Hey, I'm sorry.
You can play this game.
TJ: You're not so bad yourself.
MARGARITA: Thanks.
I'm Margarita.
What's your name?
TJ: Tyrone Traction Jackson.
But you can call me TJ.
And this is Barney.
MARGARITA: Hey there.
TJ: Well, we gotta go.
MARGARITA: OK.
Same time tomorrow?
TJ: You got it.
[LICKS]
ELMO: [SINGING] It doesn't matter if you win or lose.
It's how you play the game.
Come on!
The thing to do is to try your best.
That should be all the athlete's aim.
Sometimes you're first.
Sometimes you're last.
Sometimes you're slow.
Sometimes you're fast.
You just keep on trying.
CHORUS: [SINGING] And you know.
ATHLETE: Wait.
I think I get it.
The most important thing is to play fair and do your best.
What really matters--
ELMO: This is a musical Mister Enormous Athlete.
Sing it!
ATHLETE: Gotchya.
[SINGING] It doesn't matter if you win or lose.
It's how you play the game.
CHORUS: [SINGING] Play the game.
Wa oh-oh.
ELMO: [SINGING] The thing to do is to try your best.
That should be every athlete's aim.
Sometimes you're high.
Sometimes you're low.
You just keep on trying.
CHORUS: [SINGING] Keep on trying.
ELMO: [SINGING] It doesn't matter if you win or lose.
It's how you play the game!
CHORUS: We just learned a lesson!
MURRAY: What is an athlete Michael?
MICHAEL: Someone who plays a sport.
GIRL: Someone who's really good at sports or exercise.
WOMAN: Someone who works really hard to become
the best that he can be.
BOY: A very good sports player?
MURRAY: What kind of sports do athletes play?
GIRL: Basketball, soccer.
GIRL: Volleyball or tennis.
BOY: Baseball.
GIRL: Hockey.
MAN: Even yoga and Pilates.
MURRAY: What other kind of athletes are there?
GIRL: You could be really good at swimming.
MAN: Ballerinas are athletes.
MAN: Lacrosse players.
MURRAY: Are you an athlete?
BOY: Yes.
I'm mostly really good at running.
MURRAY: How do you think athletes
prepare to play sports?
GIRL: Train a lot and practice what they do.
GIRL: You can stretch a lot.
GIRL: They have to try hard.
BOY: Athletes!
MURRAY: That's the word on the street.
BOY: I'm good at running.
MURRAY: You can run really fast?
BOY: Yeah, I'm the fourth fastest in the whole world.
JOHN: Hi, I'm John.
And this is
[METAL CHIPPING]
JOHN: I said, I'm John, and this is-- Elmo,
you're supposed to tell everyone who you are.
[GIGGLES]