So my guest today, Chris Norton, suffered a spinal cord injury playing college football

in his first year.

Doctors gave him a 3% chance of moving anything below his neck again, but for grueling years

later, he was absolutely committed to defy everybody's expectations and he walked across

the stage at his college graduation with his fiancee, Emily.

That was captured on video and hosted online and became massively viral.

It's actually how I first discovered Chris.

And three years after that, though, Chris attempted another pretty powerful feat, which

was walking down the aisle with his wife, Emily.

And their moving story is told in a new book, The Seven Longest Yards.

Along the way, Chris also created the Chris Norton Foundation to help people with spinal

cord and neuromuscular disabilities.

And Chris and Emily have adopted five amazing girls and fostered 17 kids.

They're both deeply committed to providing safe and loving home for children in need.

In today's conversation, we dive into this entire journey because on the surface, it seems

like this powerful story of triumph and darkness to light.

But the reality is that every day creates a new opportunity for Chris and Emily together

to make choices about their life.

It's not easy.

In fact, very often, it's incredibly hard yet they are so devoted and so committed both

to each other and to the causes that they care deeply about.

And we dive into the reality of their lives of this journey, the powerful choices that

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