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Find “the champion within”.

Today the blues' biggest fan was
just the inspiration they needed

to hoist the stanley cup.

Laila: There's no way to explain
how grateful I am at this

opportunity of life again.

Lauren: Then, joey logano may be
on the top of the racing world,

but meet the man who was his
pace car the whole way there.

Joey: You know, we were kind of
-- everywhere I went, mike was

with me.

Lauren: Plus, katie sowers has
coached in the super bowl, but

see how she's leading outside of
the game.

Katie: We really have to know
that we're worth something and

that we're valuable.

If you continue to have that
mindset, you will be successful.

Family on three.

One, two, three!

All: Family!

Lauren: Then, how one man's
vision changed the life of so

many through the game of golf.

Rocky: It's really awesome to
see something that is so

impactful to not only me, but,
you know, other kids that I grew

up with, other kids that I
played golf with.

Lauren: When the st. Louis blues
won their first ever stanley cup

in 2019, they were accompanied
on the ice by one of their most

dedicated fans.

After being diagnosed with a
rare disease, young laila

anderson needed a bone marrow
transplant.

When she received one, her
health started to improve, and

so did her favorite hockey team.

Woman: We have a major, and I
mean major, st. Louis blues fan

here tonight.

This is laila anderson, the
11-year-old superfan who became

a beloved source of inspiration
during the st. Louis blues' run

to the stanley cup.

And on this night, she finally
got to meet the person who made

it all possible.

Diagnosed with a rare autoimmune
disorder known as hlh in the

fall of 2018, laila underwent
chemotherapy followed by a

life-saving bone marrow
transplant last January.

After four months in isolation,
the team's good luck charm made

her return to enterprise center.

Announcer: So great to see
11-year-old laila anderson at

the game tonight.

Lauren: Laila's resilience took
root in her team's play on the

ice, and of course, she was
front and center when the blues

finally won it all.

Announcer: For the first time in
their history, the st. Louis

blues are the stanley cup
champions!

Colton: This is unreal!

[laila sobbing]

colton: Yes!

Unreal!

You're the best!

You are the best!

Announcer: Laila anderson, come
on out!

Laila!

Laila!

Laila!

What does this mean to you?

This must be just awesome for
you.

Laila: I mean, this is
unbelievable, unreal.

Lauren: With a banner raised and
a city and team thankful for the

spirit of one young girl, it was
finally time for laila to thank

the person who gave her life one
year ago.

Kenton: I'm kenton felmlee.

I'm 19.

I'm a sophomore at ku studying
biology and pre-med.

My father has cvid, common
variable immunodeficiency

disorder.

All the time when I was a kid, I
saw him really, really sick, and

he still is.

And so when I was introduced to
be the match, I realized that

this was a way to make a
difference and to change

somebody's life so that their
family and they don't have to go

through what my family and I
did.

I was really, really ecstatic
when I heard that I was the best

match for a ten-year-old girl
who turned out to be the

wonderful and amazing laila that
we know and love.

Woman: Laila, meet your donor.

[cheering and applause]

laila: Just to experience all
of this tonight and let out our

tears and crying into kenton's
arms, like, that was

unbelievable.

I'll never forget that moment.

I don't know where I'd be today
without you.

Thank you.

I feel like it's actually like a
written storybook, all of this.

Like, the blues making it to
game seven.

I'm getting the perfect golden
ticket of bone marrow, and come

to find out, my bone marrow
donor is the sweetest person

ever.

There's no way to explain how
grateful I am at this

opportunity of life again and

how just one selfless person

just one day decided to share
the gift of life with someone

else, and that person was me.

Lauren: More than a year after
the life-saving procedure,

anderson continues to inspire
those around her in st. Louis

and beyond.

She is such a big part of the
blues community, that she

received her own stanley cup
ring after the team's historic

run.

Coming up, joey logano is the
man behind the wheel, but who

was behind joey when he was just
a wide-eyed rookie?

Mike: From where he started to
where he is today, one of the

best in the business, so it's
pretty cool.

Lauren: Plus, katie sowers'
talent as a football coach is

taking her places that no woman
has gone before.

Katie: And I remember posting a
picture on my facebook that was

me coaching youth football, and
I said, “nfl, I'm coming for

you.” lauren: Then, how one game
can make all the difference in

the world of so many lives.

Christian: I believe the first
tee has taught me the values of

what it means to grow up.

Joey logano became the youngest
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race winner ever in nascar cup
series history, but he credits

someone much older, more than 30
years his senior, in fact, with

helping him succeed.

He developed a trusted
friendship with mike mclaughlin,

a former nascar driver who has
acted as logano's coach and

mentor.

Dale: We all have someone that
kind of helped mold who we are,

what we're about within an
organization somewhere along the

way that kind of helped you
become this person, this driver

that you are.

Joey: You know, for me, mike
mclaughlin was probably that

guy.

Dale: Oh, yeah?

Joey: Mike pushed me, right,
because for me, like I said,

growing up, I just showed up and
raced.

I don't even know what I don't
know, and that's where mike

helped me a lot, is just trying
to guide me.

You lean on him for whether it's
personal things or whatever.

It gets to that point because
you trust him for what they've

done.

Announcer: Mike mclaughlin, they
might as well name victory lane

after that guy here.

Announcer: The champion is
“magic shoes” mclaughlin.

[laughter]

announcer: I think he's happy.

Joey: He was helping me
communicate with greg zipadelli,

who was my crew chief at the
time.

He was friends with him for,
yeah, I think their whole lives.

So, you know, having kind of
that guy in the middle sometimes

helps our relationship.

You know, we were kind of --
everywhere I went, mike was with

me.

You know, it was flying to the
racetrack.

It was, you know, before we get
to the racetrack.

It was post-race meetings.

He was there as just kind of,
like, my coach, right, just to

kind of help guide me along
through the different situations

that are going to come up when
you're racing that he's been

through.

Dale: Mike, what were the things
you saw in him?

[laughter]

joey: Right behind me!

[laughter]

joey: How you guys knew I was
going to say that?

[laughter]

joey: That's funny.

We're talking about the old
days.

Mike: I know, I know.

Joey: How long was he there?

Joey: You guys did a good job
hiding that.

Dale: That's pretty good.

Joey: Wow!

Mike: I'm easy to hide.

[joey laughing]

mike: You know, you stick me in
a corner.

Joey: Well, I'm glad I didn't
say the wrong thing.

[laughter]

dale: That was great.

Mike, what did you see in him is
a driver that you were willing

to help along the way?

Mike: I mean, he always had the
raw talent.

You know, today, it's raw talent
and, you know, just hard work,

dedication.

And obviously, he has both, but
the beginning, you know, it was

just...He didn't have the
experience.

That was probably the biggest
thing that he had to overcome.

Dale: Did you also have to be
that mental coach at times, too,

to help him get through
difficult times?

Mike: You know, we had to
work...

Joey: He's seen the weak side of
me.

Mike: ...Through a few things,
you know, but we did get through

him.

Pops, his dad, he thought I was
more of a marriage counselor

between the two of them, you
know?

Because tony was greg, and tony
had a ...You know, obviously, a

special relationship bond.

But I think, you know, you had
to be fairly aggressive with

tony, and joey was a kid.

Announcer: The 18-year-old, in
only his third start, is going

to win at kentucky!

Announcer: I guarantee that's
the first of many.

Mike: See him come from where he
started to where he is today, I

mean, at one point, I think he
questioned, “can I do this?

I don't know.” but obviously...

Joey: I did.

Mike: ...One of the best in the
business today, so it's pretty

cool.

And he hasn't forgotten where he
come from.

So, that's the main thing.

Dale: Good to see you, man.

Mike: Hey, nice seeing you, too.

Dale: All right, thanks for
coming.

Joey: You know what's funny, is
he was standing there for a

while.

Dale: He was.

Joey: I didn't even know, and
you weren't..

You didn't even look.

He didn't even look over.

He was right at me the whole
time.

Dale: I just felt like you were
going to feel him at some point.

Lauren: Logano won his first
nascar cup series championship

in 2018 and remains one of the
series' top drivers to look out

for on the track.

Coming up, katie sowers' rise to
the top of the coaching world

has set new precedents for nfl
coaches.

Katie: As much as I loved
football, it never popped in my

mind that I could coach
football.

Lauren: Plus, how golf can
change the life of so many no

matter your age.

Jeff: Everything they did to me
is kind of like what the first

tee is doing now, just 30 years
later.

Katie sowers was destined to be
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a football coach.

The daughter of a teacher,
sowers' hard work and ability to

lead has led her to the nfl as a
position specialist.

But part of her specialty lies
off the field, as she leads the

way for more women in a
male-dominated sport.

Katie: I saw becky hammon
actually get hired on as an nba

assistant, and I saw that, and I
remember posting a picture on my

facebook that was me coaching
youth football.

And I said, “nfl, I'm coming for
you.” and that was the moment

that I realized it could
actually be possible.

My name is katie sowers, and I'm
an offensive assistant coach for

the san francisco 49ers.

Yeah, I always grew up and
football was my favorite sport

ever since I was really little.

I have a lot of journal entries
where I would write all about

how important football was to me
and how I'd play every day after

school with my twin sister.

At a young age, I didn't think
that girls could play football.

So, I even have a journal entry
where I wrote, “since I can't

play football, I guess I'll play
basketball.” so, ended up

playing just a number of
different sports throughout

college.

You know, at the end of college,
I kind of was still feeling

like, you know, sports are done.

There has to be something else.

And I saw a clip of women's
tackle football, and that kind

of took me back to when I was
younger, found that there's a

women's league and started
playing.

Announcer: Sowers, three-step
drop.

She is going deep.

Pass is complete!

Nothing but turf ahead!

Announcer: She's got a laser for
an arm.

I love her game.

Katie: I always knew I wanted to
be a coach.

My dad was a collegiate
basketball coach, but it's

interesting, because as much as
I loved football, I never...It

never popped in my mind that I
could coach football, because

I'd never really seen it as an
option.

My true goal was finding my
passion, right, and then I

believe when we find our
passion, the other stuff is

added bonuses.

So, if I'm a trailblazer, if I'm
a role model, that's an added

bonus to me, because I'm showing
somebody how I lead my life in

terms of finding happiness,
finding a career that I love.

And that allows other people to
feel like they have an

opportunity, just like becky
hammon did for me.

You don't know that it exists
until it's visible to you, until

you see the opportunities, and
that really opened up those

doors for me.

You always hear the saying,
“it's not what you know, but who

you know.” there's a lot of
truth to that.

Obviously, you have to know what
you're talking about, but

networking is crucial, and
sometimes it's a little bit of

luck.

I was coaching youth basketball
and ended up that scott pioli,

who was the former general
manager for the chiefs, his

daughter played on that fifth
grade team.

And had I not had a mess-up in
scheduling, I would probably

have not...Would not be where I
am right now.

My number one piece of advice
for anyone, no matter what it is

that you do, is to have
confidence and know that you're

valuable and find where you add
value to a team.

A lot of times we have this
mindset that we're just happy to

be here, you know, but we really
have to know that we're worth

something and that we're
valuable and that you have to

have a mindset that you cannot
be replaced.

And I think if you have that
mindset, no matter if you lose

your job, you get promoted, if
you continue to have that

mindset, you will be successful.

Family on three.

One, two, three!

All: Family!

Lauren: Sowers' hard work,
personality, and football mind

will not only create more
opportunities for herself

professionally, but for other
women destined for the nfl.

Coming up, how one man used golf
to change the lives of so many.

Brian: He loved spending time
with people, and golf was a way

for him to do that.

Lauren: Golf is a game of
power, whether that's the power
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From a drive on a par-5 or the
power it can have on someone's

life.

It can be a place to be alone
and a place to make new friends,

and one man had a vision to use
the power of golf to change his

community.

Barney: Here you can see how big
the operation was.

This was a driving range going
out this way.

Here's mr. George.

That must have been about '56.

Mr. George was one of the most
well-read people I know, and it

was mostly always about the
grocery industry.

He was a dreamer.

Lauren: Affectionately known as
mr. George, george jenkins

founded the largest
employee-owned food chain,

publix super markets.

Barney: Mr. George loved his
customers.

He loved his employees.

Brian: He loved spending time
with people, and golf was a way

for him to do that.

So, par 3 here is another
example of that.

Mr. George wanted to give back,
and it was a way for him to

share the game of golf, but also
give back to our associates in

that our associates can come out
here and play for free.

Tom: I was a stock clerk back in
the early '70's.

I was 20 years old, and I had
never played golf in my life,

and after a long shift, a lot of
my fellow stock clerks said,

“let's go play golf at par-3.”
jeff: I was seven years old, and

I lived down the road, and I had
a friend that said, “let's go

play golf.” we played, and
that's the beginning of golf for

me at par 3.

Andy: No, get up and spin.

Being able to get rides out here
and play at par 3, it was

certainly something that aided
me in my development of my short

game, get to college with a
scholarship, and then go on and

play the tour.

Lauren: Pga tour veteran andy
bean once resided in lakeland.

He would play marathon rounds at
par 3 as a junior.

Now bean is a supporter of an
annual charity golf tournament

held by the first tee of
lakeland.

Andy: You know, the funny thing
about it is I think probably the

last time we may have played
together was 20 years ago maybe.

Tom: Probably so, yeah.

Probably so.

Andy: How about that?

Tom: That's pretty good.

Andy: I hit it in the middle of
the club.

Tom: Oh, no doubt there, man.

Andy: Yes.

Tom: That's when to bang one in.

Barney: Mr. George's evolution
here at par 3 opened this

course.

The first tee came along, and
the first tee being something

that served youth...

...Was of great interest to
publix at that time, and so we

decided to turn the golf course
over to the first tee operation,

and it's been very successful.

Man: Give me five.

Get your clubs.

Let's go to that yellow ball.

Doug: The nine core skills that
we teach with the first tee is

so critical to all children and
all kids.

It's just great to be able to
have a facility here in lakeland

that can share that with our
kids and our children and teach

them integrity and
trustworthiness and all the

other core lessons that we try
to teach out here.

Rocky: It's really awesome to
see something in the community

like this for the fact that I
was born and raised just down

the road, something that is so
impactful to not only me, but,

you know, other kids that I grew
up with, other kids that I

played golf with.

To see mr. Jenkins' vision and
the impact that it's making

still to this day and changing
kids' lives like he did mine.

Christian: I noticed a lot of my
friends were playing basketball,

football, and I was like, “there
has to be something else I can

do, man.” I remember driving by
here because I used to go to

school up the street.

It was like, wow, this looks
really fascinating.

To see all these golf balls just
flying in the air, it's like,

wow, wouldn't it be fun to hit a
golf ball a hundred yards?

I was like, “dad, let me play
golf.” he's like, “son, are you

sure?

I mean, you're a basketball...”
it's like, “yeah, dad, I just

really want to do it.” go in.

Yes!

Rocky: This was just a place
that was an outlet for me,

somewhere that I could go,
something productive that I

could do, because at the time, I
was kind of acting out.

I wasn't the best kid, and after
the coaching here and the

mentoring and then being able to
put my time into golf, that's

kind of what everything has
stemmed from.

Christian: I was one of the kids
running around here trying to

have a good time.

I believe the first tee has
taught me the values of what it

means to grow up and how you
should treat yourself in life.

Have integrity.

Don't lie.

Also, persevere, and you will
conquer them.

Tom: This was george jenkins,
one of his ways of showing not

only the people who love to play
golf, but the people who

couldn't even afford to play
golf.

I mean, that wasn't even part of
their life or their heritage.

Andy: He touched people's lives
by making things available to

them, and par 3 was certainly
one of them.

Jeff: It was par 3 back then,
and it's first tee now, but I

look back at what publix, with
par 3, everything they did to me

is kind of like what the first
tee is doing now, just 30 years

later.

Lauren: It's amazing how a golf
club and a small ball can have

such a big impact on so many
lives.

Well, that's all the time we
have for today, but join us next

time on “the champion within”.

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