the guys i should is focused on and looking up to was the guy like mike joyce who worked at the boys club for 20 some odd years. >> piers: you were a brawler. you got in -- you were a coke addict at 13, 14. you got into gang stuff, just about everything immeasurable, and you had what looked like from the outside to be this huge ephiany. as you say, coming from that prison experience, you were very lucky you met this catholic priest that guided you. what was going through your minds. for a lot of people going to prison becomes the start of the rest of their lives and is not pretty. how did you make that break, to get out of that the culture? >> i had to make the choice personally and focus on my faith and my faith has allowed me to overcome a lot of things and hard work. nothing comes easy, especially when you have your back against the wall and you have a lot going against you. i want it had it to prove through people that i was going to change and make a positive impact on the community that i come from. that's why i do so much youth work with on our foundation and inner city kids a