>> NOTHING IS GOING TO HELP THIS.

"GO, BABY."

>> WHAT IS KABOOM?

>> THE ACTUAL DEFINITION IS A LOUD EXPLOSION.

>> KABOOM IS -- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.

>> I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT KABOOM IS; NO.

>> KABOOM IS EVERYTHING.

(LAUGHTER) >> KABOOM?

>> KABOOM IS SOMETHING THAT SOMETIMES YOU AT 2:50 A.M.

IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU GET UP.

>> KABOOM IS THIS LARGER-THAN-LIFE ENERGY "CAPABILITY, WHAT HE BRINGS."

>> KABOOM IS AN EXCLAMATION OF EVERY GOOD THING THAT YOU'VE "EVER HEARD, THAT YOU'VE EVER" "FELT, ANYTHING IN THE WORLD THAT" "YOU'VE EVER, ANY GOOD SONG THAT" YOU'VE EVER HEARD TO HYPE YOU UP AND MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT "YOURSELF, JUST IN ONE SIMPLE" PHRASE.

>> A KABOOM IS THE BEST.

"EVERYTHING THAT HE BELIEVES IN," "EVERY MOLECULE IN HIS BODY, WHO" "HE IS, AND WHAT MAKES HIM UP" "THAT EVERYBODY SEES, THE ENERGY," "THE CARE FOR PEOPLE, JUST THIS" TIGHT BALL OF CRAZINESS.

THAT IS A KABOOM.

">> GIVE IT UP, LADIES AND" "GENTLEMEN, FOR STEVE HESS, A" TRUE PRESENCE!

>> MY NAME IS STEVE HESS.

SO FREAKING GOOD TO MEET YOU.

I'M FROM SOUTH AFRICA SO I'M TRYING MY DARNEDEST TO KEEP THIS UNTIL I DIE.

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 32 YEARS.

I HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE TEEING IN CARDIAC REHABILITATION AND GRADUATE IN SPORTS MEDICINE.

"FROM AGE 6, I KNEW I WANTED TO" BE INVOLVED IN DIRECTING THE CAUSE OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.

I JUST KNEW IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO BE A SURGEON.

WHEN I FINISHED MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AND WHAT I ENDED UP DOING WAS TAKING PRE-MED CLASSES TO "GET MY MASTERS AND WAS LIKE," "HELL NO, THIS IS NOT FOR ME."

I HATED SCHOOL AND DON'T KNOW HOW.

I'M NOT ENDORSING IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THROUGH.

I LEGITIMATELY WOULD BE OUTSIDE ALL DAY.

"THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO DO, IN" "THE REALM OF EVERYTHING," "UNBELIEVABLY COMPETITIVE, JUST" WHAT I LOVE.

TWO THINGS -- ALWAYS WONDERING ABOUT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND MY LONG-TERM DREAM WAS TO A CLOSET FULL OF SNEAKERS.

I LIVED ON VINE STREET AND WENT "TO THE GYM DOWN THE STREET, AND" "22 YEARS LATER, I OWNED THAT" GYM.

THAT'S WHERE I MET MY WIFE AS WELL.

">> MY NAME IS ALICIA HESS," STEVE'S WIFE.

I'M FROM DENVER.

I STARTED TEACHING AEROBICS AND KIND OF CLUB-HOPPED SO I WAS GOING TO FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT CLUBS AND WOULD TEACH A CLASS HERE.

"THEN I WOULD GO TO ANOTHER CLUB," "TEACH A CLASS THERE, SO I WAS" ALL OVER THE PLACE.

ONE OF THE CLUBS I WENT TO WAS "DOWNTOWN, AND STEVE WAS DOWN AT" "THAT CLUB, YOU KNOW, AND YOU" "WALK IN, AND YOU SEE STEVE AND" "YOU CAN'T FORGET HIM, YOU KNOW."

HE HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL BODY AND THIS TAN AND THIS ACCENT AND I "MEAN, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, EVERY" "TIME I GO DOWN THERE, I WOULD BE" "LIKE, OKAY, I NEED TO MAKE SURE" I'M LIKE BRUSHING MY HAIR AND LOOK GOOD TO GO DOWN THERE.

"ONE DAY, I INJURED MY ACHILLES."

"I REMEMBER HE SAID, I THOUGHT HE" "SAID, ""I'LL MASSAGE YOU."""

"I THOUGHT, ""I'M IN."

YOU WANT TO MASSAGE ME?

"WE'RE TOTALLY GOOD."""

I REMEMBER WE WENT INTO AN "OFFICE AND HE WAS LIKE, ""YOU" HAVE TO STOP TEACHING.

YOU CAN'T KEEP JUMPING ON YOUR ACHILLES.

"YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT A BREAK."""

"THEN WE WENT TO COFFEE, AND THAT" WAS IT.

"THAT'S ALL, THAT WAS ALL SHE" WROTE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE DID IT.

"""YEAH, I'LL MARRY YOU."""

WE WENT TO ITHACA IN A U-HAUL.

I HAD NO IDEA WHERE WE WOULD LIVE.

I FINISHED MY MASTER'S DEGREE "THERE, CAME BACK TO COLORADO," AND THAT'S WHERE WITH IT ALL STARTED.

SO I WENT TO GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB AND WALK IN THERE AND I "SAID, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO."

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO CHARGE.

"THE OWNER, WHO I'M STILL WITH AS" "A FRIEND, SAID, ""I'LL WATCH" "YOU."""

"OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, I WAS" "DOING REALLY WELL, AND TOOK OVER" THE WHOLE TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB.

ALLEN BRISTOL GOT HIRED BY THE "DENVER NUGGETS, CALLS ME UP."

"""I'M LOOKING TO BRING IN A" STRENGTH COACH UNDER YOU AT GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB.

YOU WALK PART-TIME FOR US AND "PART-TIME FOR THEM."""

"I'M LIKE, SCREW THIS, I'M" GETTING THAT JOB.

I'M TELLING MY WIFE.

"""YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT" "BASKETBALL."""

I CALLED THE COACH AT THE TIME AND THE ATHLETIC TRAINER EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THREE MONTHS.

"THEN JIM IS LIKE, JUST CALL HIM" "BACK, GOT THE INTERVIEW, GOT THE" JOB AFTER MY FIRST YEAR AND THEY "SAID, ""HEY, WE WILL OFFER YOU A" "FULL-TIME POSITION."""

I WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST FULL-TIME COACH OF THE DENVER NUGGETS EVER HAD FOR STRENGTHENING AND CONDITIONING.

"FIRST YEAR, WE WENT 11-71."

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE.

"WE WENT ON A ROAD TRIP, LOSE 23" DAYS IN A ROW.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE.

>> 1-0.

>> I STAYED WITH THE NUGGETS FOR 21 YEARS.

"AFTER THREE YEARS, HUGE."

"FIRST YEAR, THEY WERE LIKE, BOO."

FULL-TIME POSITION.

"FOURTH YEAR, THEY HIRED ME ON AS" "A COACH AND BY YEAR 12, THEY" HIRED ME ON AS DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE.

(CHEERS) ">> AS A DAD, STEVE IS A" PHENOMENAL SUPPORT SYSTEM.

"HE IS, HIS KIDS MEAN MORE TO HIM" THAN ANYTHING.

"AND YOU MESS WITH THE KIDS, YOU" HAVE TO MESS WITH STEVE.

I THINK HE'S VERY PROTECTIVE OF ME.

I FEEL LIKE HE LOVES ME "UNCONDITIONALLY -- I MEAN, THAT" I KNOW.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE "I'M VERY INDEPENDENT, AND HE IS" VERY INDEPENDENT.

I DON'T FEEL HE NECESSARILY FEELS LIKE HE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF ME; I DON'T FEEL LIKE HE "DOES, BUT HE DOES."

HE DOES AND TAKING CARE OF THE WHOLE FAMILY.

>> MY NAME IS JORDAN DANIEL HESS.

"I AM STEVE'S KID, HIS" "FIRST-BORN, AND I GREW UP IN" CENTENNIAL AND MY LIFE WE SPENT SUMMERS IN FLORIDA AND NEVER WERE REALLY ABLE TO TAKE VACATIONS OR ANYTHING WHEN POPS WAS WORKING BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS SO HECTIC.

"SO WE WOULD GO THERE, LIKE," THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH EVERY "SINGLE YEAR, AND THAT WAS OUR," "LIKE, ""TURN OFF THE PHONES," "DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY, LET'S" "JUST GO FISH."""

">> KOREY HESS, SON OF STEVE" HESS.

"EVERY MORNING, MY DAD WOULD WAKE" "ME UP, OKAY, AND WOULDN'T JUST" "LIKE, YOU KNOW, COME, SHAKE ME," """LET'S GO WORK OUT."""

"HE WOULD COME IN MY ROOM, TURN" "THE LIGHTS ON, AND SAY, ""KILLA," "YOU GOT 15 MINUTES."""

"ALL RIGHT, 4:00 A.M., IT WAS IN" "THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, JUST" "COME IN WITH THE LIGHTS OUT," "4:00 A.M., LIGHTS ON, 15" "MINUTES, GET DRESSED, GET IN THE" "CAR, AND GO TO THE WORK OUT."

THAT WAS MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD.

>> TOO OLD FOR ME TO BE REPORTED TO THE CHILD SERVICES SO I'M GEEKED OUT ABOUT THAT.

HERE'S THE THING: I DID THAT AND CONTINUED TO DO THAT AND GET EXCITED TO DO THAT SO I DO THAT ALL THE TIME AND NOW IT'S LIKE 3: 30 IN THE MORNING I WAKE HIM UP.

THE REASON I STARTED DOING THAT IS -- AND THIS HAPPENED.

"I CAN'T TELL YOU, SUCH A GOOD" YOUNG MAN.

THIS HAPPENED HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE MADE VARSITY AND HAD THE CUTE LITTLE HEAD BAND AND PLAYED THE FIRST VARSITY GAME AND GOT HIS FIRST MINUTES AND CLAPPING FROM EVERYONE AND HE CAME OUT AND AT "THE END OF THE GAME, ""POPS, WHAT" "DO YOU THINK?"""

"""DO YOU WANT ME TO BE HONEST OR" "BE A PROUD DAD?"""""

"HE SAID, ""I WANT YOU TO BE" "HONEST."""

"I SAID, ""IT'S RIDICULOUS."

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE "NEXT LEVEL, YOU HAVE TO DO" EVERYTHING RIGHT.

"THAT BEING SAID, I CAN'T TELL" YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU AS YOUR FATHER OF WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED BUT CAN'T STOP THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING "RIGHT, IT STARTS WITH THE A.M." WAKE-UP.

"YOU UP FOR IT?"""

"""HELL YEAH."""

THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.

>> MY MOM IS AN ANGEL BECAUSE SHE HAD TO DEAL WITH HIM ALL "THESE YEARS, AND SHE IS AMAZING."

MY DAD IS SO LOUD AND HAS SUCH A BIG PERSONALITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF EYES ON HIM A LOT OF "TIMES, AND MY MOM WAS THE" PERFECT SIDEKICK AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PERFECT SIDEKICK AND HAS ALWAYS GIVEN HIM WHAT HE "NEEDED AND US WHAT WE NEEDED," ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING "ALL THE TIME, SO SHE TOOK ON A" BIG ROLE AND SHE WAS -- I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER MOM.

>> WHAT I FEEL DEFINES STEVE IS "HE DOESN'T ROLL WITH THE CROWD," DEFINITELY BEATS TO HIS OWN "DRUM, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS."

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO BECAUSE HE WILL DO IT HIS WAY -- DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ALWAYS THE RIGHT OR BEST WAY -- "BUT HE IS, NO MATTER WHAT, GOING" "TO DO IT HIS WAY, AND I LOVE" THAT.

I LOVE THAT.

I WOULD SAY HIS PURPOSE IS TO "CHANGE LIVES, IS TO HELP PEOPLE," IS TO HELP PEOPLE AND CHANGE LIVES NOT BECAUSE HE HAS TO BUT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO.

>> KNOWING STEVE FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE AND UNDERSTANDING THE "ENERGY THAT THIS MAN BRINGS," "WHICH IS A BIT INDESCRIBABLE, I" ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT "HE BRINGS, THE ESSENCE THAT HE" "BRINGS, COMPLETELY CHANGING THE" "ATMOSPHERE, COMPLETELY CHANGING" HOW PEOPLE VIEW THEMSELVES BEING CAPABLE OF BEING DIFFERENT AND BETTER.

"SO I WAS WORKING WITH PBS, AND I" REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION OF HOW CAN PBS BRING INFORMATION OR BRING SHOWS THAT ACTUALLY INSPIRE?

"NOT JUST INSPIRE LIKE, ""WOW," "THAT WAS GREAT,"" BUT INSPIRED TO" ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH YOURSELF AND EVEN REALLY "IMPACT FOR OTHERS AROUND YOU," RIGHT?

AND THERE'S SOMETHING SAID WHEN "YOU CAN CREATE THAT SENSE OF," """WOW, I CAN ACHIEVE SOMETHING."

I DID THIS.

I DID THE HARD.

"I WORKED THROUGH IT."""

THAT HAS RESILIENCY AND GRIT "BEHIND IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE" NEED.

"THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND" ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEONE WHO BRINGS THE ENERGY AND WHEN YOU "WORK WITH HIM, YOU WANT TO DO" MORE AND WANT TO BE MORE AND WANT TO BE BETTER; AND YOU WANT TO LOCK IN NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE BUT FOR YOURSELF.

">> IN THIS INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW," WE ALL KIND OF KEEP IN TOUCH AND "YOU HEAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE, ""OH," STEVE IS DOING THIS.

"HE'S WITH THE NUGGETS."""

I'M DOING MY THING.

WE KEEP IN TOUCH THROUGH THE YEARS.

I WILL SEE HIM AT A GYM AROUND "TIME, WATCH OUT A LITTLE BIT, OR" "WORK OUT, AND AFTER HAVING MY" OWN BUSINESS FOR SO MANY YEARS AND THEN ALSO TEAMING UP WITH "OUR THIRD PARTNER, JOE TALBERT," "FOUR YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE, AND" "WE COME FULL CIRCLE AROUND HERE," "OPPORTUNITY CAME ALONG, AND WE" STARTED TALKING WITH STEVE "AGAIN, AND THEN THAT'S, LET'S" SEE IF WE CAN PUT THIS WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER.

>> MY FIRST MEMORY OF STEVE BACK "IN GREENWOOD, HE WAS KIND OF A" "MOVER AND SHAKER, AS YOU MIGHT" "SAY, AND KIND OF THAT GUY THAT" "WOULD HAVE, LIKE, FOUR SHOTS OF" "ESPRESSO RIGHT AWAY, HIS FANNY" "PACK ON, WHICH WAS A BIG DAY IN" THE DAY WITH SPANDEX SHORTS; AND COMING FROM THE COLLEGE "ATMOSPHERE, WHAT'S WITH THE" "SPANDEX AND THE FANNY PACK," RIGHT?

EVERY NOW AND THEN I WOULD GO INTO THE STAIRWELL TO GO UPSTAIRS OR WHATEVER AND SEE "STEVE THERE, SLEEPING FOR LIKE" "TEN MINUTES REAL QUICK, TO GET" "READY FOR THE NEXT THING," BECAUSE IT WAS WAIT UP AND NEEDED A SECOND.

">> I THINK STEVE AND I, WE HAVE" A LOT OF THE SAME LIKE WORK ETHIC AND THINGS THAT WE DO AND I THINK STEVE WOULD BE SIMILAR.

"IF YOU TALK ABOUT FAMILY FIRST," "FOR SURE, FAMILY GUY."

"YOU KNOW, HE LOVES HIS WIFE AND" "BOYS AND WE DO THIS, YOU KNOW."

PHENOMENAL JOB.

IT'S AMAZING TO HELP PEOPLE THE WAY WE HAVE FOR YEARS AND WHEN THE ALARM GOES OFF AT 3:30 A.M. "EVERY DAY FOR 30 YEARS, IT'S NOT" "ALWAYS LIKE YOU JUMP OUT OF BED," BUT MOST OF THE TIME WE DO.

">> STEVE IS WHY, IN MY OPINION," IS THAT HE GETS UP EVERY DAY AND HE IS TRULY PASSIONATE AND EXCITED TO SPEND EVERY HOUR HE "SPEND WITH SOMEBODY, HE IS ON" "POINT, FOCUSED, AND EXCITED TO" CHANGE THEM.

>> MY FIRST MEMORY OF "INTERACTING WITH STEVE WAS WE," "YOU KNOW, WE GOT A GUY FROM" BRAZIL THAT HAS AN ACCENT AND YOU PUT TOGETHER WITH STEVE AND THEN HE'S TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO "YOU SOMETHING AND I WAS LIKE," "LOOKING AT HIM, SHAKING MY HEAD," "AND JUST LIKE, SMILING."

"IT WAS JUST LIKE, WOW, HE TALKS" FAST.

>> STEVE IS WHY TO GETTING BACK -- HE'S A KNOWLEDGEABLE GUY AND LOVES GIVING BACK TO PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT IS HIS PURPOSE AND WHY HE'S ALWAYS GIVING THIS "ENERGY, ALWAYS GIVING THIS" "KNOWLEDGE, AND DOING HIS BEST" EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> SO I'M WORKING WITH STEVE AND "LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS, BUT" "MAINLY JUST BE THE BRIGHT, THE" "LIGHT, BRIGHT IN THE ROOM IF" THAT MAKES SENSE.

"YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD."

"DURING A SEASON, YOU HAVE HIGH" "AND YOU HAVE LOWS, AND EVERY" SINGLE SEASON IS DIFFERENT.

SOMETIMES YOU DO REALLY WELL; "SOMETIMES YOU DON'T, SOMETIMES" "YOU DO REALLY WELL, BUT YOU CAN" NEVER CHANGE WITH WHO YOU ARE AND BRING TO THE TABLE.

"SO YOU COME TO WORK PREPARED," COME TO WORK TO BRIGHTEN THE ROOM SO THAT'S A LESSON I LEARNED.

">> MY ""WHY"" IS SIMPLE."

"I HAVE A HUGE, UNBRIDLED BELIEF" THAT I CAN GUIDE PEOPLE IN A JOURNEY WHERE THEY CAN OBTAIN THE BEST OF THEMSELVES ON THE "DAILY, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT" DOESN'T EQUATE TO A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE OR SOMEONE HAVING A TOUGH TIME.

IT'S FOR EVERYONE.

"IT'S HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO," THROUGH MY KNOWLEDGE AND "EXPERIENCES, A LOT OF TIMES I'M" ABLE TO SOFTEN DOWN THAT CAN HELP THEM MOVE IN A PHYSICAL DIRECTION WHERE THEY CAN OBTAIN THE BEST OUT OF THEIR BODY AND THEIR MIND BECAUSE IT'S INTERTWINED.

AND WHAT IT END UP LOOKING LIKE -- THIS IS A BELIEF I HAVE -- BECAUSE I HAVE HOPE.

I AM LIKE THAT TO MY CORE.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ME; IT COMES FROM ME.

SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT IT AS IT KEEPS COMING FROM ME.

"EVERYONE IS JUST LIKE THAT, AND" I REALLY DO THE UTMOST WITH EVERY OUNCE OF MY ENERGY TO OBTAIN THE GLIMMER OF HOPE IN EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

"""THIS PERSON IS THIS OR THAT."""

"I'M LIKE, WHAT?"

WHAT AMAZING THING DO THEY DO?

"AND IN THE REALM OF THAT, HOW DO" WE GROW AND NURTURE THAT IN REGARDS TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY AND I WILL BE AUTHENTIC AND 100% HONEST IN TERMS TO OUR PROGRESSION.

"IF I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, ALL I" NEED FOR YOU IS -- HERE'S WHERE IT GETS CONFUSING.

WHEN I SAY I WANT SOMEONE'S "100%, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE" "AT, AT THE MOMENT, IT DIFFERS."

IT 100% DIFFERS.

ALL I WANT IS YOUR 100% AT THAT MOMENT.

"SO IF THINGS AREN'T GOING GREAT," I UNDERSTAND; JUST GIVE ME YOUR 100% AT THAT MOMENT -- NOT FOR ME.

DON'T SHOW ME 100%; SHOW YOU 100%.

I CAN ENCAPSULATE THAT FEELING ON EVERY INDIVIDUAL I WORK WITH WITHIN THEIR SESSION.

IT IS THEIR TIME FOR THEM TO GIVE THEMSELVES 100%.

HOW CAN IT NOT WORK?

THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THERE IS AN OUTSIDE ENTITY SUPPORTING THEM IN THEMSELVES WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.

"EVERYONE IS LIKE, ""YOU SHOULD BE" "ABLE TO DO THIS OR DO THIS."""

THAT'S NOT ME.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

I JUST WANT YOU TO GIVE 100% EFFORT ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE TODAY; THAT'S IT.

>> IT'S PARADE DAY WITH THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF FANS TO CELEBRATE THE TEAM AROUND CIVIC CENTER PARK BUT AMID THE "POSITIVE ACTIVITY, A DENVER" POLICE OFFICER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

>> THAT OFFICER WAS WALKING NEXT TO THE FIRETRUCK WITH THE STAR PLAYERS.

THE SERGEANT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHEN PEOPLE IN THE CROWD BROKE THROUGH THE BARRICADES AND RAN TOWARDS THE TRUCK.

"NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE" FIRETRUCK RAN OVER AT LEAST ONE OF HIS LEGS.

">> THE TRUCK WAS ON TOP OF HIM," AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST "FIRETRUCKS THAT DENVER FIRE HAS," ONE OF THE BIG AERIALS.

>> JUSTIN DODGE WAS TRYING TO KEEP THE CROWD OF PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE TRUCK CARRYING JOKICH AND MURRAY WHEN HIS LEG WAS CUT "BY THE TRUCK'S TIRE, TRAPPING" HIM UNDER.

>> OFFICER DODGE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A SERIOUS LEG INJURY.

>> SO I'M WATCHING THE NUGGETS PARADE AND WAS AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

SOMETIMES INDIVIDUALS IN THAT SITUATION AREN'T ALWAYS SUPPORTED BACK TO PERFORMANCE.

I WILL OFFER MY SERVICES AFTER THAT GUY.

I DON'T KNOW HIM.

THE ONLY REASON I'M DOING IT IS I JUST WANT TO HELP HIM IN ANY WAY I CAN.

>> SO WE HAD TALKED A COUPLE OF "TIMES, AND I HAD DONE JUST A" "LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, AND THEN" I REMEMBERED WATCHING DENVER NUGGETS GAMES AND REMEMBERING SEEING THIS LARGER-THAN-LIFE GUY THAT WAS WITH ALL OF THESE GIGANTICALLY TALL BASKETBALL "PLAYERS, AND STEVE'S A LITTLE" "BIT SHORTER, BUT HE'S JUST THIS" "MONSTROUS, THICK MOUNTAIN," MUSCULAR GUY.

AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER -- AND HE HAD DREADLOCKS AT THE TIME.

I JUST VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE CHARACTER OF WHO THIS PERSON WAS BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON WAS.

IT WASN'T UNTIL WE MET FACE TO FACE THAT ALL OF IT KIND OF PUT "TOGETHER THAT I WAS, LIKE, ""OH," "MY GOSH,"" LIKE, ""THIS IS STEVE" HESS.

THIS IS THE DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE FOR THE NUGGETS.

THIS IS NOT JUST -- THIS ISN'T JUST A PERSONAL TRAINER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCE COACHES ON THE "PLANET."""

THE FIRST TIME WE FINALLY SAT AND MET AND PUT ALL THE PIECES "TOGETHER, I REMEMBER LEAVING" THAT DAY AND I WAS IN A "WHEELCHAIR, THINKING, ""THIS IS" "SURREAL."""

"LIKE ""IF THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS IT" "IS, THIS COULD BE A REALLY" INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GET BACK AND GET HEALTHY TO WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY GET BACK TO "THE TEAM."""

THIS IS THE KIND OF PERSON THAT I WOULD TRUST TO PUT ME BACK IN THE UNIT AND WOULD TRUST ME AS A FRIEND.

>> WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?

">> YOU KNOW, I TRY TO JUST BE" SMART WITH MY GOALS BECAUSE "WHEN, IF YOU DON'T OBTAIN THEM," THEN SOMETIMES YOU REACH DOWN.

"BUT MY GOAL, I WOULD LOVE IF" JUNE 13 I WAS BACK RUNNING WITH THE UNIT.

JUNE 15 WAS THE DAY -- JUNE 14 NEXT YEAR WOULD BE 365.

SO IF I COULD GO FROM CATASTROPHIC INJURY TO BACK RUNNING WITH THE UNIT IN SUB-ONE "YEAR, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A" PRETTY DECENT GOAL.

>> WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO TEST OUT?

>> SOME TIME BEFORE THAT.

AND I PLAN ON TESTING OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES JUST FOR MY OWN KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW THERE'S NO "QUESTION THAT I'M BACK, NO" QUESTION THAT I CAN DO THIS JOB "MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY," EVERYTHING.

>> JUST SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

>> YEAH.

">> WE'RE NORMALLY IN PLAY, IF" "YOU CALLED IN, YOU'RE SAVING" "LIVES, SO NOW MY QUESTION TO YOU" "IS, TELL ME EXACTLY THE" COMPONENTS OF THE TEST WE GOT TO GET YOU READY FOR.

>> SO WE HAVE TO DO 19-INCH VERTICAL JUMP.

WE HAVE TO DO 90-SECOND PLANK.

WE HAVE TO DO A 40-POUND WEIGHTED PULL UP.

WE HAVE TO DO 37 PUSH-UPS IN A "MINUTE, 400-METER WALKING CARRY" WHERE WE'RE IN A GAS MASK WEARING GEAR CARRYING 25 POUNDS DUMBBELLS IN EACH HAND.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT SUB-3:00 AND "AT THE END OF ALL OF THAT, WE" HAVE TO DO A MILE AND A HALF RUN OR I GET TO GET ON MY BEST FRIEND AND HAVE TO DO FOUR MILES.

>> YOU GOT THIS.

"IN MY 56 YEARS, I COULD" ABSOLUTELY UNEQUIVOCABLY TELL "YOU THIS: WITH TIME, IN MY LIFE," BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I'M DRAWING "THIS TO, I'M GIVING YOU MY" EXPERIENCES.

"WITH TIME, THINGS GET BETTER."

"EVERY SINGLE THING WITH TIME," "IT'S GOTTEN BETTER, TO SOME" DEGREE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN IT GOES AWAY; IT DOESN'T MEAN I LOCK IT AWAY "SOMEWHERE, WHERE I DON'T USE MY" "FORCES TO THINK THROUGH IT, BUT" IT'S GOTTEN BETTER BECAUSE IT'S GIVEN ME THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO WORK NOT AROUND IT BUT SOMETIMES WITH IT.

"IT'S NEVER PERFECT, BUT EVERY" SINGLE DIFFICULT THING THAT HAS OCCURRED IN MY LIFE -- AND I'VE HAD SOME -- IT'S ALWAYS GOTTEN BETTER IF I'VE USED IT AS AN EXPERIENCE AND MOVED ON PERFORMANCE WITH TIME.