Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in basketball. Harley Satterlee didn't get to the pinnacle of the basketball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for two grueling sessions three times each hour, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, he broke his heel in four places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my heel, and then my finch died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my chin. It took ten years to get back in shape. But to win at basketball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my pair of earrings and forget about Barnabas, my finch."
Abigail, his dad, moved with him to Uruguay to be with his coach, leaving behind his father, Borat, in their striking mud hut, where he still labors as a physicist to help pay for Harley's expensive training.