kevin: hello, and welcome. i'm kevin frazier, and this is ea sports game changers. announcer: today one of the biggest names in the nba is about to make these kids' day. we'll show you knicks superstar carmelo anthony like you've never seen him before. carmelo: as long as i can make kids happy and kids smile, then i feel like i did my job. announcer: plus, jason pierre-paul takes us inside the locker room of the new york giants. jason: i feel like if you could make it, you could make it anywhere, because the fans will let you know. announcer: but the leader of the giants' defense almost didn't play football at all. jason: it was either football or pay bills,

and that was basically it. announcer: it's jpp's unlikely journey to the nfl. and later, it's poetic justice for patrice bergeron. patrice: like a warm breeze or gentle touch. announcer: one of the nhl's best finds out making a commercial... man: and action. announcer: ...is a lot harder than it looks. patrice: i have a lot more respect for the actors now after doing this. man: roll sound. announcer: it's all right now on game changers. ♪ music kevin: hello, and ♪ music kevin: hello, and welcome. now, today we're starting with a true nba superstar, carmelo anthony. the knicks forward just signed a big contract to stay in the big apple, and a lot of people were

focused on that, but let's not forget he's accomplished a lot of things on the basketball court. he has a high school all-american, a final four mvp, and he won an nba scoring title, but he's also doing some amazing things off the court. check it out. man: what time is it? what time is it? kevin: what could be better than spending a saturday afternoon playing basketball? how about spending it with an nba pro? boy: go melo! kevin: he is new york knicks' number 7, carmelo anthony, a seven-time nba all-star and two-time olympic gold medalist, but today in new york city at his camp, melo basketball pro camp clinic, carmelo anthony is a game changer. carmelo: i'm-a start off by saying thank you. thank you. thank you. i'm just fortunate enough to be here today and still be in new york and still have a chance

to have a basketball camp for the kids. [cheering] carmelo: i started the camp maybe ten years ago. the first couple years, like it wasn't -- i didn't want no media. i didn't want nothing, you know, nobody talking about it. i just wanted to be there for the kids. i was there from 8:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon every day. i would go open the camp. i would leave, go workout, train, come back to the camp, close it, go back to train. so it was just an ongoing process for those couple days. it was fun though. it was fun. kevin: fun for both carmelo and the kids who not only get to meet their hero, but get basketball tips from a pro. carmelo: there you go. boy: i think it's such an honor to meet such a great basketball player from the team of my home state. boy 2: everybody likes this camp because you get to play basketball, and it's really fun. man: for the win, got it!

got it! girl: i'm having an awesome time playing basketball with carmelo anthony today. kevin: carmelo's generosity is inspired by his own childhood. he grew up in the projects of brooklyn. his father died of cancer when he was just two years old. then the family moved to baltimore, where carmelo survived one of the city's toughest neighborhoods. carmelo: i've once been in a lot of people's shoes and, you know, and had problems trying to figure out what i wanted to be in life and which direction i wanted to take and who to take the advice from and what to do. kevin: basketball was his way to escape the violence around him, and he became very good at it. by the time he reached high school, carmelo was one of the top players in the country. he had his choice of colleges, but he went to syracuse, where he won a national championship in 2003. carmelo: i'm just -- i'm trying to be a pioneer, man. i'm trying to be a leader and not just on the basketball court, but in my life in, you know, different things that i'm doing.

don't try to take the same path that other people take. you know, i feel like everybody has they own lane, so create your own lane and be known for doing something different. you don't always have to be known for doing the same thing that everybody is doing. kevin: as for the parents, they're grateful for the life lessons their kids learn. mike: to have someone like carmelo, who not only obviously plays hard for the knicks, but gives something back and spends his time like a day like today to get my child and his friends and teach them skills not just in the, you know, specifics of a basketball game, but how to work with teammates. it's nice to see him actually not just put his name on it, but actually show up, spend three hours working with each kid and the groups, speak to them, be a part of it. so it's really valuable. one, it's fun for the kids and fun for the parents to come, but it's also i think important for the kids to see that someone that reaches that level in their profession that

also gives back. so whatever they do for a living, it's nice when they grow up, they can do the same. linda: carmelo is my son's hero. when he found out he was coming, he was very, very excited, and he was very excited to be in the room with his hero and to learn the skills from his hero. carmelo has truly given him a passion for basketball. carmelo: as an athlete, it's like, you know, of course we want to change the game on the court, but what are you going to do and use that foundation to change the game off the court? so that was something i had to really figure out within myself and sit down with myself and really come up to a conclusion and say this is what i want to do. i'm-a use the basketball as my platform, and i'm-a grow that, and, you know, kids are something that's near and dear to me. you know, so as long as i can make kids happy and kids smile, then i feel like i did my job. so thank you. god bless. i appreciate it. see you all next year. man: one, two, three...

announcer: coming up, we'll take you to the home of the new york giants to go one on one with one of the nfl's best. jason: i'm jason pierre-paul, check me out on game changers. announcer: from fast food worker to football hero, we'll reveal jason pierre-paul's unlikely road to the nfl, and later, we're behind the scenes for one of the funniest commercials of the year. man: up next, patrice bergeron performing phoenix. announcer: we'll show you the technology tricks that turned this nhl star into a beat poet... patrice: the puck flies by and a sparkle in my eye goes on high, high beams.

kevin: welcome back to game changers. now, you probably know jason pierre-paul as the defensive end for the new york giants. he's an all-pro. he's been the anchor of that giants d for the last five years, but what you may not know about jpp is that he almost never played football at all.

our allie laforce met up with jason at the giants' training center. allie: the regular practice is long over, but jason pierre-paul is still hard at work. jason: i give it my all, and when i leave that field, i know there's nothing i could do to make the game go a different direction. that's with me. allie: on the field, jpp, as he's known, has earned a reputation as the emotional leader of the new york giants' defense. i met up with the two-time pro bowler at the giants' training facility in east rutherford, new jersey, to talk about his unlikely journey to the nfl. you played basketball in high school. jason: right. allie: and then finally your junior season decided to step on to the football field. jason: yeah. allie: why did you even play? jason: it all started with a guy named coach greg mennis, and he was like, "hey, jpp, come here." and i'd be like -- he's like, "come out on the field and play some football." i'd be like, "i'm coming. i'm coming," but at the time, i had a job

working at boston market paying the bills for my family or whatever, and every day he asked me to come, come. allie: jpp grew up in a neighborhood of haitian immigrants in deerfield beach, florida. his parents had to come to the united states to escape turmoil in haiti in the 1980's. growing up, money was always tight, and the family's situation was made tougher by his dad's medical condition. jason: my father lost his vision when i was born, so that's 25 years he's been blind. allie: with his blind father unable to work, it fell upon his mother to make money for the family, usually working as a maid or a housekeeper. what are some of the qualities that you see yourself using in tough times or throughout the football season that you're like, "you know what, i got that from my mom."? jason: my mom's tough, and she was a strong woman. you know, she worked for, you know, 25 years for me, you know, feeding me and made sure i go to school and get my education, and i thank her, because without her, like i wouldn't be the man i am today.

allie: when he was old enough, jpp went to work as well at the fast food restaurant, and he might still be there if it wasn't for that persistent coach at deerfield high. jason: he dragged me to the football field and was like, "no, you're coming to play some football today." and that's how i started. i actually got on the field. he was like, "look, all i need you to do is play d-end." and i'm like, "what is that?" and then he's like, "d-end, you don't know what d-end is?" i was like, "no, i never played football in my life." and he was like, "okay, look, this is what you need to do. get right here, and just around the quarterback." and then i was like, "okay, i could do that." and then from there it started. allie: so jpp started learning how to play football, but he also had to keep going to work. jason: you know, like right after practice, i don't even -- i didn't even take showers. like i put on my clothes and drive straight to work, and i was providing for my family. you know, we had to pay bills or whatever. i did that for two years basically. allie: though he's now six-foot-five and 270 pounds, coming out of high school, jason was

considered too small for a bigtime football program, so he went to junior college first. jason: so when i got there, i was a little bit -- i think 225 maybe, 225 playing defensive end, and the guy was -- the guys was huge, the offensive linemen. allie: when you say "they were a lot bigger than me, and i was 225..." jason: yes. allie: ...how much bigger are we talking? jason: they was about 310, and i was like -- i was so small. i was like my pinky like to them, you know? but i was 225, but then i gained weight and, you know, got stable there. allie: and as he got bigger and learned the game, his prospects improved. he was recruited to play at the university of south florida and from there was chosen by the giants with the 15th pick of the 2010 draft. jason: now i'm playing the game of football, which i -- which i love, and i wouldn't give it up for nothing. allie: and you're doing pretty well too. jason: i'm doing very good. announcer: coming up, more of our one-on-one with jason pierre-paul. he may be fearless on the football field, but

we'll show you the event that did freak out jpp. jason: you know, the super bowl, you came out, all those cameras just flashing. that's how it felt. announcer: and later, nhl star patrice bergeron makes his acting debut. patrice: when i press play, my feelings can't be denied. announcer: we'll show you the technology tricks that turned this nhl star into a beat

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kevin: welcome back to game changers. now, before the break, we showed you jason pierre-paul's unlikely road to the nfl, but now that he's an established star, how does he like playing in the pressure cooker of new york city. here's more of allie laforce's conversation with jpp. allie: inside the giants training facility in

east rutherford, new jersey, jason pierre-paul's locker is pretty easy to find. it's the one with the haitian flag, a tribute to his haitian immigrant parents, his blind father and his hard working mother. what's your mom like? jason: you know, she used to come home -- she used to come home, cook for us and then go straight to sleep and then wake up the next morning and go to work, you know, and basically she was like a single parent, you know what i mean, because my dad, he couldn't work. allie: his parents initially weren't sure about football, but now they follow every game from back in florida. he listens. jason: yeah, and my mom normally tells him what's going on. she understands the game now. allie: now in his fifth season with the giants, jpp has become a huge fan favorite in the big apple. what's it like hearing them roar that first moment you step on the field on sundays? jason: i don't want to say i'm nervous, but, you know, just coming out, you know that it's a game to play, and somebody got to lose

this game today. once you get going, you know, look, you know, we've got to win this game, especially -- i'm on defense, and defensive players are like look, we've got to win this game, and we play it all out, and we leave it all on the field. allie: recently, he even made his debut at new york fashion week walking the runway for designer uomo moderno. you just walked in new york's fashion week, one of the biggest events that goes down in new york city. jason: right. allie: what was that like for you preparing for that? jason: first i was, you know, i was kind of nervous doing it, you know, because, you know, i'm -- really, when i know fashion -- when it comes to fashion people, it's all crazy. it's crazy stuff. allie: any comparisons to when you walked out on the stage in front of a huge crowd, the nerves, the excitement, to when you walk out on the football field in front of your fans? jason: it was like cameras flashing like the super bowl. you know, the super bowl, you came out, all those cameras just flashing. that's how it felt. i went with it, and i did it, and everybody loved it, and we walking the runway was crazy. i did little dances and stuff to make everybody

laugh, and i -- and i got through it. allie: fashion shows are just part of the perks that come with playing in new york, and jpp has embraced the spotlight in the big city and the fans that come with it. jason: because here in new york, you know, i feel like if you can make it, you can make it anywhere, you know, because the fans will let you know. allie: from his humble haitian roots to stardom in the big apple, jason pierre-paul is living proof that hard work pays off. jason: you know, i lead by example. i'm that type of guy that i don't do a lot of talking on the field. i'm just going to go do it, and when i say i'm-a do it, i'm going to do it. so that's what makes me a game changer. allie: for more nfl content, go to nflrush.com. announcer: coming up, he's won a stanley cup and olympic gold, but nhl star patrice bergeron is trying something completely different. patrice: like a warm breeze or gentle touch. announcer: that's next on game changers.

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but one of the nhl's best is proving he can also be a funny guy. take a look at this. patrice: like a warm breeze, a gentle touch, you rock my soul, but it's all too much. kevin: don't worry, boston bruin fans. yes, that's star center patrice bergeron reading poetry about his feelings, but no, he's not giving up hockey. patrice: the puck flies by, and the sparkle in my eye goes on high, high beams. kevin: today patrice is off the ice shooting a television commercial in hollywood, california. man: and background, and action. kevin: on the ice, bergeron is known as one of the best all-around players in the entire nhl, a goal scorer who can also play defense, but when it comes to acting, he feels a

little offside. patrice: i mean on the ice, it's a total different atmosphere for me and different feeling. i mean, you know, i'm definitely not an actor and nowhere close to that. kevin: in fact, he was handpicked as the fan favorite, beating out eight other nhl players for the coveted cover spot on nhl 15, next generation hockey player. patrice: they're the ones that put me on the cover. i'm very grateful for all the support that i've received from them. i hope they're going to, first of all, enjoy the commercial, think it's funny. i'm definitely not taking myself seriously at all. it's another side of me that they can actually see in that commercial, so hopefully they enjoy that. kevin: this shoot is using what's known as chroma key, or green screen, technology. it's a special effect technique that allows editors to lay in different images where that neon green area is. so while it looks like while they're shooting,

it looks like this in the final product. patrice: press play, my feelings can't be denied. kevin: and the final product is pretty funny. patrice: like a warm breeze or gentle touch, you rock my soul. it's all too much. man: rated everyone ten and up! kevin: but patrice isn't ready to quit his day job just yet. patrice: i'll take a shootout. i'll take anything about hockey really. i enjoyed it though. i have a lot more respect for the actors now after doing this. i was just surprised by all the work behind it. man: action. patrice: you rock my soul. man: you got it. patrice: i mean it's a 30-second commercial. i thought i would come here and just, you know, say it a few times and pick the best one, right? man: up next, patrice bergeron performing beat it. patrice: you know, there's so much into it, the lights, the camera angles, you know, the way that i deliver the lines. i wrote this for my love. people are watching. you know, they're moving around, and every detail is really, you know, they don't miss anything

really. nhl 15 is my new endeavor. hold my calls for like forever. [applause] patrice: i like living and doing new experiences, and this was, like i said, a great one and a lot of fun. man: patrice, wish every actor was this good. cut, so good. man 2: and we're cut. nouncer: we' w be right back after this message. college, oh my goodness. i just feel like that is my destiny. you get to make like a supernova of skill or talent or whatever it is. my name is queen, and i am your dividend. kevin: that's it for today. i'm kevin frazier, and remember, no matter who

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