1 00:00:03,237 --> 00:00:05,408 - [Mark] My name is Master Sergeant Mark Mann. 2 00:00:05,408 --> 00:00:06,911 ^I always wanted to be in the military. 3 00:00:06,911 --> 00:00:09,538 ^I went to the recruiting offices. 4 00:00:09,538 --> 00:00:10,804 ^I chose the toughest service. 5 00:00:10,804 --> 00:00:13,221 I just wanted to be the best. 6 00:00:13,258 --> 00:00:16,425 I was involved in an accident in 2013. 7 00:00:16,810 --> 00:00:18,246 A car turned right in front of me. 8 00:00:18,246 --> 00:00:19,917 I was going down the street on my motorcycle. 9 00:00:19,917 --> 00:00:21,195 I don't remember the accident, 10 00:00:21,195 --> 00:00:22,923 but there was no time to brake, 11 00:00:22,923 --> 00:00:24,963 and I hit it at full speed. 12 00:00:24,963 --> 00:00:28,380 A dislocated foot, and it was fractured. 13 00:00:28,836 --> 00:00:31,432 My arm was fractured from the elbow to the wrist. 14 00:00:31,432 --> 00:00:35,250 I also sustained a TBI, a traumatic brain injury. 15 00:00:35,250 --> 00:00:37,200 I hadn't heard much about Wounded Warrior Regiment 16 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,619 before I got injured. 17 00:00:38,619 --> 00:00:39,702 I knew of it. 18 00:00:39,929 --> 00:00:42,447 Like most Marines, I didn't know too much. 19 00:00:42,447 --> 00:00:46,340 Once I got hurt, I learned a lot quick, fast, in a hurry. 20 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:49,507 They were a major part in my recovery. 21 00:00:49,588 --> 00:00:51,631 In the Marines, we had similar injuries. 22 00:00:51,631 --> 00:00:53,528 They helped me out because they had similar injuries, 23 00:00:53,528 --> 00:00:54,496 and they could give me advice 24 00:00:54,496 --> 00:00:57,363 on things I could do to help myself. 25 00:00:57,363 --> 00:01:00,664 When I saw the people with worse injuries than me, 26 00:01:00,664 --> 00:01:02,310 it just gave me the motivation to strive 27 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:04,215 and to keep pushing hard. 28 00:01:04,215 --> 00:01:05,985 They were worse off than I was. 29 00:01:05,985 --> 00:01:07,014 I had no excuse. 30 00:01:07,014 --> 00:01:08,597 I had to push hard. 31 00:01:09,364 --> 00:01:11,405 I wasn't the man who I was before. 32 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:13,571 I needed to, I honestly got into the sports 33 00:01:13,571 --> 00:01:15,488 to rehabilitate myself. 34 00:01:15,681 --> 00:01:18,086 I needed to rehabilitate basically my whole body, 35 00:01:18,086 --> 00:01:20,973 shoulders, legs, hand-eye coordination. 36 00:01:20,973 --> 00:01:23,063 Archery was great for that. 37 00:01:23,063 --> 00:01:24,689 Then later I learned about cycling. 38 00:01:24,689 --> 00:01:26,132 I got into my first cycling race 39 00:01:26,132 --> 00:01:28,155 at the McCormick trials a couple years back. 40 00:01:28,155 --> 00:01:31,100 I just got hooked, and I love the strategy. 41 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:33,267 I just kept going with it. 42 00:01:34,271 --> 00:01:36,938 It helped me get that full body recovery I needed. 43 00:01:36,938 --> 00:01:39,641 I'm very grateful for the opportunities 44 00:01:39,641 --> 00:01:41,431 that the Marine Corps has given me, 45 00:01:41,431 --> 00:01:45,270 that the regiment has given me, just to come to the games. 46 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:48,895 You can compete in trials, and Invictus later on this year. 47 00:01:48,895 --> 00:01:53,062 So I'm very, very grateful for the opportunities.