to get back to work, do what i do, and give every single kid a legitimate, fighting chance. >> after earning a bachelor's degree, perry went on to earn a master's degree in social work a ph.d. in education, but it was the lessons he learned early on that helped him with the biggest challenge of his life -- opening a school. >> this is where we played. this is the place where football, baseball, any sport that they could put together, anything that we could play, was here. the only way to win was to play longer and harder than anybody else. you let people know that you don't come to lose, so when they told me i couldn't open a school, every single person told me no, except for the last person. that's all i was looking for, one "yes," and i got it. and for me, that's what i bring. i'm going to play hard until i win.

there are 100 families here, 100 different people, and somehow someway i got this chance? i'm the one on's in a position to open a school and provide them an opportunity? i'm not pulling up the bridge behind me. i'm strengthening it, undergirding it, doing what i can do to make sure that bridge can be more easily traveled by more people. when we come back -- >> >> you sound really anxiousry. you don't really angry. >> i am angry. >> what makes steve perry so mad?

with little responsibility, zero accountability. our parents telling us what to do... how to behave. now, all of a sudden, we're there, in that role, at that time in our lives where everyone and everything is depending on us. it's a scary feeling, but it's also a good one. especially when i'm confident someone's there for me.

in a perfect world -- >> no one would dare tell me -- >> you're too young to understand. >> when in fact.

>> in fact i understand anger. >> i understand pain. >> i understand hope. >> i understand change. >> as it turns out, i'm not too young after all.