Gleason (2016)

Steve Gleason: Self

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• Steve Gleason : Yesterday, about five minutes after I got home I pooped all over myself and my wheelchair. I think it's crazy that I can go from people saying "You're my hero," to having to be helped onto a toilet with my pants full of shit. It's an incredible example of polarities, and dichotomies, and juxtapositions that is my life.

• Steve Gleason : Kids are a lot of fricking work man. And we get up every three hours... to feed you and when I say we... I mean Michel.

• Steve Gleason : People will say: "Oh it's such a sad, tragic story." It is sad, and so they're right... but it's not all sad. And I think there is more in my future than in my past. I believe my future is bigger than my past and so that's uplifting. That's Inspiring

• Steve Gleason : All dad's never think that they're annoying their kids like they do... so I have no idea how I will annoy you. I hope it's not the way that my dad annoys me.

• Steve Gleason : There's almost nothing more personal than a father-son relationship. You know. What I think is so interesting is that - this is obviously - This whole thing, these video journals, this film... all this is about a father and a son.