i saw these girls -- before it was, like, red leotards, but i guess you can call them purple leotardse girls in purple leotards, and i told my mom, "i want to be one of those girls in the purple leotards." [ chuckles ] so... and it's something cool to do. i mean, it provides an activity that lets you travel to places that you would never travel to if you didn't do the sport. and it's really cool. >> really cool for alexis. she made it all the way to the national team. now a coach, she's teaching not just the skills she learned, but the values as well. >> it takes a lot of work to make a perfect cartwheel. and if they get the discipline to do things over and over again, then that's what i'm giving them to get them a good work ethic, so that they can do it in school, or they do it in life. i want them to be champions, of course, but i want them to learn to appreciate hard work. >> it gives me discipline, a lot of confidence, a physical, nice body. >> kinda keeps you out of trouble. you start to do things you're not supposed to when you don't have, like, nothing to do in your house, so..