1 00:00:41,458 --> 00:00:44,494 You know, I think I would definitely describe her as a golf prodigy. 2 00:00:44,544 --> 00:00:50,375 She picked it up extremely quickly at a young age 3 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:58,349 and she just continues to reach each new level. 4 00:00:59,225 --> 00:01:03,471 Kaila is quite honestly one of the most astounding students 5 00:01:03,521 --> 00:01:06,307 I've ever had the opportunity to work with. 6 00:01:06,357 --> 00:01:08,601 It's so funny to see a student who's so... 7 00:01:08,651 --> 00:01:13,690 who excels in so many areas and who is such a kind person at her core. 8 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:18,695 I think it's easy to think about her as being otherworldly, 9 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:23,750 like where did this… where did Kaila come from? 10 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:27,495 Kaila’s what I call a unicorn. I mean, she's just amazing. 11 00:01:27,545 --> 00:01:29,873 She is amazing academically. 12 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:33,084 She's gifted socially. 13 00:01:33,134 --> 00:01:40,433 She's extremely talented and gifted and just smart. 14 00:01:51,444 --> 00:01:55,698 Welcome to the US Kids World Championship of Golf! 15 00:01:56,741 --> 00:01:59,444 The 11:33 Tee Time. 16 00:01:59,494 --> 00:02:03,782 Let's welcome from Pacific Palisades, California 17 00:02:03,832 --> 00:02:07,252 Kaila Elsayegh! 18 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:15,752 My name is Kaila Elsayegh and I live in Pacific Palisades, California. 19 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:20,849 I'm 11 years old and I'm in fifth grade. 20 00:02:23,184 --> 00:02:24,519 Nice Shot. 21 00:02:24,727 --> 00:02:27,806 I think I first realized I was good at golf 22 00:02:27,856 --> 00:02:33,153 when I played…I think it was my second or third tournament. 23 00:02:33,361 --> 00:02:39,484 Because the first tournament I actually won, but I didn't play very well. 24 00:02:39,534 --> 00:02:42,487 So I just assumed everyone else played really badly. 25 00:02:42,537 --> 00:02:47,242 But then, when I started playing the more competitive tournaments 26 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:51,538 with US Kids Golf and I started to win a couple of tournaments, 27 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:54,257 I realized I might have something here. 28 00:03:20,825 --> 00:03:23,778 My dad played basketball when he was growing up. 29 00:03:23,828 --> 00:03:26,990 And so like the minute I could stand up, 30 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,919 he taught me how to dribble a basketball, and I really loved it. 31 00:03:40,637 --> 00:03:43,590 My name is Ashraf Elsayegh. I am a physician 32 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,176 here in Los Angeles; I work at Cedars-Sinai. 33 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:50,013 My name is Teresa and I'm also a physician; I work with UCLA. 34 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:53,474 I did my medical training in New York. 35 00:03:53,524 --> 00:03:57,770 I was a senior resident and Teresa was the junior resident, 36 00:03:57,820 --> 00:04:00,982 and that's how we met back in New York. 37 00:04:01,032 --> 00:04:03,776 And then I moved here to do my specialty training, and Teresa was 38 00:04:03,826 --> 00:04:07,697 still in New York. She would come and visit just about every 39 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:13,378 week, so we decided to make it more serious and get married. 40 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:18,917 We decided when we had our first child not to know the 41 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:21,669 sex of the baby. We wanted to keep it a secret. 42 00:04:21,719 --> 00:04:24,672 So everyone, you know, everyone kept asking, 43 00:04:24,722 --> 00:04:26,716 “would you rather have a boy or a girl,” and I really wouldn't answer 44 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:28,760 because I really didn't know what I would 45 00:04:28,810 --> 00:04:32,597 rather have. I don't think it really mattered to me. 46 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:33,890 But then when I decided... you know, 47 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:36,684 when we had Kaila, it was just an amazing feeling and I had a 48 00:04:36,734 --> 00:04:42,240 father-daughter bond with her ever since she was a little baby. 49 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:48,905 It was funny because Teresa, after we had Kaila, decided 50 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:51,407 to stay home from work a little bit to take care of her. 51 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:54,494 I would work all day and Teresa would take care of her, 52 00:04:54,544 --> 00:04:58,248 you know, ten…twelve hours a day. And the minute I got home Kaila would 53 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,874 crawl and come running to me. 54 00:04:59,924 --> 00:05:01,584 It used to drive Teresa crazy, 55 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:04,087 but that was the kind of bond that I had with her and I loved that, 56 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,680 having a daughter for that reason. 57 00:05:07,056 --> 00:05:10,551 ♪ Don’t you dare look back Just keep your eyes on me. ♪ 58 00:05:10,601 --> 00:05:15,848 ♪ I said, “You’re holding back.” She said, “Shut up, and dance with me.” ♪ 59 00:05:15,898 --> 00:05:18,434 ♪ This woman is my destiny. ♪ 60 00:05:18,484 --> 00:05:23,564 ♪ She said, “Oh Oh Oh. Shut up and dance with me.” ♪ 61 00:05:23,614 --> 00:05:26,025 I think when we had Kaila, 62 00:05:26,075 --> 00:05:29,570 our biggest aspiration for her was just actually to be happy. 63 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:33,491 Clearly, we wanted the best for her, 64 00:05:33,541 --> 00:05:41,124 but to raise a child in LA, we just wanted her to be happy and secure. 65 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:44,168 When I first became interested in golf I was in first grade, 66 00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:47,880 so I was 7, and my mom got me 67 00:05:47,930 --> 00:05:51,801 and my dad golf lessons as something we could do together 68 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:54,846 and I really took off with the sport and I loved it. 69 00:05:54,896 --> 00:05:56,097 And I'm playing it… 70 00:05:56,147 --> 00:05:58,516 I've played it ever since then. 71 00:05:58,566 --> 00:06:00,101 He works so much. 72 00:06:00,151 --> 00:06:05,231 And, so, I thought it would be wonderful for them to just do 73 00:06:05,281 --> 00:06:07,108 something that they can do together 74 00:06:07,158 --> 00:06:12,196 and golf was something that I always wanted for her to get 75 00:06:12,246 --> 00:06:16,284 into because it's a great sport! 76 00:06:16,334 --> 00:06:20,872 Not super physical, as I thought. 77 00:06:20,922 --> 00:06:23,791 And so, I thought it would be a great sport 78 00:06:23,841 --> 00:06:26,169 for the two of them to learn together. 79 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:30,298 Kaila and I went to our first golf lesson together and we had a great time. 80 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:32,800 I was learning. She was learning. 81 00:06:32,850 --> 00:06:35,803 I took my first couple lessons and I was like, “can we have 82 00:06:35,853 --> 00:06:37,805 another lesson next week?” 83 00:06:37,855 --> 00:06:40,975 I believe was either the second or third lesson where, you know, 84 00:06:41,025 --> 00:06:43,895 I noticed that he wasn't really paying attention to me at all. 85 00:06:43,945 --> 00:06:46,314 And he was concentrating on Kaila. 86 00:06:46,364 --> 00:06:51,402 Around my fourth lesson, he was completely ignoring me and in my head 87 00:06:51,452 --> 00:06:55,490 I'm like, “I'm paying you should better pay attention to me.” 88 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:58,493 However, he just kept concentrating on Kaila. 89 00:06:58,543 --> 00:07:03,039 Definitely by lesson number five, he just outright asked me if I could 90 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:05,375 just move my lessons over to Kaila, 91 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:06,584 and if he could concentrate on Kaila, 92 00:07:06,634 --> 00:07:12,590 because he saw something in her, which neither Teresa and I are real golfers. 93 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,718 So, it was something that he saw that we could not see that was… 94 00:07:15,768 --> 00:07:19,772 that stood out with her: golf. 95 00:07:22,650 --> 00:07:28,689 So here's where I keep all my trophies that I can't fit on that desk 96 00:07:28,739 --> 00:07:34,695 over there. Then over here, I have a whiteboard where I like to 97 00:07:34,745 --> 00:07:37,198 do some math problems just if I'm in the mood or anything. 98 00:07:37,248 --> 00:07:41,077 And then here's a bulletin board where I keep all of my favorite photos 99 00:07:41,127 --> 00:07:46,082 of me and my family, and then one of me and my friends down here. 100 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:53,172 And then over here, we have my bookshelf and I keep all my 101 00:07:53,222 --> 00:07:56,801 favorite books and down here some stuff for school. 102 00:07:56,851 --> 00:07:59,178 And up here, I keep my prized possessions. That’s my photo 103 00:07:59,228 --> 00:08:05,726 of my dad that he gave me. And this, my grandma gave me. 104 00:08:05,776 --> 00:08:10,982 And here’s from church, and I've had that since I was just…well, 105 00:08:11,032 --> 00:08:12,783 since I was just born. 106 00:08:14,202 --> 00:08:19,323 And then over here is my desk. It’s probably where I spend 107 00:08:19,373 --> 00:08:22,452 most of my time in my room. I do my homework here. 108 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,078 I do school projects here. 109 00:08:24,128 --> 00:08:28,708 I hang out. I watch TV. I talk with my friends. 110 00:08:28,758 --> 00:08:32,845 I do everything at this desk right here. 111 00:08:33,095 --> 00:08:37,383 Then over here, I have all my medals that I've earned. 112 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:40,386 My trophies are outside, and then I keep my medals here: 113 00:08:40,436 --> 00:08:46,559 for math and also for golf. And then right here, I just have a robot 114 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:53,199 that I built that was a lot of fun and I love doing that kind of stuff. 115 00:09:06,921 --> 00:09:11,792 You know Kaila was always the type of child that wanted to try everything. 116 00:09:11,842 --> 00:09:15,296 I used to watch a lot of golf even before she started lessons. And she was like, 117 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:18,933 “I think I could do that.” I said, “Kaila, you know, that's a pretty tough... 118 00:09:19,141 --> 00:09:21,469 "that's a tough sport. It's not that easy." 119 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:23,095 She says, “no, I think I could do it.” 120 00:09:23,145 --> 00:09:26,682 And so, I put it off because I thought she was a little too young to learn. 121 00:09:26,732 --> 00:09:29,769 But she's always been pretty gung-ho with anything with athletics. 122 00:09:29,819 --> 00:09:31,896 She did tennis has a three-year-old. 123 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:36,484 She was…soccer…everything. Always wanted to do something. 124 00:09:36,534 --> 00:09:38,452 Very physical, active child. 125 00:09:48,296 --> 00:09:50,206 She’s very mature for her age. 126 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:52,758 A very focused and determined person. 127 00:09:53,801 --> 00:09:58,589 She doesn’t get too high or too low. So if she messes up on a drill, 128 00:09:58,639 --> 00:10:02,176 maybe misses a lay-up two times in a row, she'll go get right back to it 129 00:10:02,226 --> 00:10:05,388 and just focus on getting better. 130 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:08,808 About two…three years before golf, 131 00:10:08,858 --> 00:10:12,395 she got into basketball, and we played a lot of basketball together. 132 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:14,188 And so any sport that we did together, she loved. 133 00:10:14,238 --> 00:10:19,902 So, it was pretty much the continuation of us playing basketball together. 134 00:10:19,952 --> 00:10:22,863 We just moved on and started playing golf together. 135 00:10:22,913 --> 00:10:28,286 I actually think that basketball is harder because your actions impact 136 00:10:28,336 --> 00:10:33,374 nine other people on the team. Whereas in golf, if I make a mistake, 137 00:10:33,424 --> 00:10:36,460 it's on me and I can continue working. 138 00:10:36,510 --> 00:10:41,007 In basketball—like even in practice if I—if someone does 139 00:10:41,057 --> 00:10:44,176 the layup wrong everyone has to do the layups again. 140 00:10:44,226 --> 00:10:51,392 So, the outcome of the game is on everyone. 141 00:10:51,442 --> 00:10:53,978 And if someone makes a mistake, that's on everyone. 142 00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:58,941 Whereas in golf, if you make a mistake, if you like three-putt or whatnot, 143 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:04,246 you can go out for it and prove to yourself, which I think is pretty cool. 144 00:11:09,543 --> 00:11:12,496 Her, and her mom, and her little brother just showed up at the driving range. 145 00:11:12,546 --> 00:11:15,416 This is when I was working at a golf course in Burbank, 146 00:11:15,466 --> 00:11:19,378 DeBall Golf Course, and they just showed up at the driving 147 00:11:19,428 --> 00:11:22,131 range one day and said, “you know, my daughter wants to get 148 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:24,592 "started playing golf. She hadn’t been playing for very long," 149 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:27,520 and wanted to give a lesson a shot. 150 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:35,686 The distances is she hits the ball for, you know, somebody who's kind of 151 00:11:35,736 --> 00:11:37,980 a little bit small for her age… 152 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:43,903 you know, her golf IQ at her age in terms of just her strategy 153 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:46,405 and how she can kind of dissect the golf course and go about 154 00:11:46,455 --> 00:11:49,784 trying to find the best way to win or the best way for her to shoot 155 00:11:49,834 --> 00:11:53,287 the best score is way above her years. 156 00:11:53,337 --> 00:11:57,500 It's above girls that I coach in high school, who are very good golfers. 157 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,378 She has a higher golf IQ than them, you know? 158 00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:03,881 Maybe not always the distance that they hit it 159 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:05,591 because they out-weigh her by a hundred pounds, 160 00:12:05,641 --> 00:12:08,302 but that's really kind of what I would determine, 161 00:12:08,352 --> 00:12:10,552 you know would be someone that's a prodigy at something. 162 00:12:34,462 --> 00:12:39,750 The hardest part about playing golf is probably how much practice 163 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:45,423 it requires, because if you don't put in any practice, you're not going to 164 00:12:45,473 --> 00:12:47,883 play well and your results aren't going to show. 165 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:52,596 And sometimes it's really just, you know, getting out of the house 166 00:12:52,646 --> 00:12:54,606 and going to the golf course, is the hardest part. 167 00:12:55,441 --> 00:12:57,309 I was talking to her mom last week 168 00:12:57,359 --> 00:13:00,062 and she loves the team camaraderie with basketball, 169 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:01,530 which is just different than golf. 170 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:08,996 She really enjoys the sport and I can tell parents push their kids too much 171 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:11,615 and make it like a job, and that's not 172 00:13:11,665 --> 00:13:13,117 what Teresa or Ash do. 173 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:16,203 Golf has taught me to be incredibly honest 174 00:13:16,253 --> 00:13:24,253 because I think…I think that I'm just in general an honest person, 175 00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:30,092 but I think golf has really taught me that nothing good ever comes out of 176 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:33,387 cheating, or being dishonest [sic], or playing with the rules a little bit. 177 00:13:33,437 --> 00:13:37,892 And I think that's important in all kind of aspects of life 178 00:13:37,942 --> 00:13:43,272 because you're really only harming yourself if you cheat or 179 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:48,152 fiddle with the rules a little bit. So I think that through playing 180 00:13:48,202 --> 00:13:52,198 tournaments and being penalized for doing something wrong, 181 00:13:52,248 --> 00:13:57,002 I think that I've learned that being honest is more important than winning. 182 00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:05,553 Shoulders straight? 183 00:14:10,558 --> 00:14:12,184 Did she say that? 184 00:14:13,310 --> 00:14:14,311 No way! 185 00:14:37,835 --> 00:14:39,954 Well, you know, we'll work on something, if there's something 186 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:43,666 maybe in her golf swing or putting stroke or chipping motion 187 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:47,253 that may be mechanically is off. But a lot of times I'll just remind 188 00:14:47,303 --> 00:14:53,926 her just how fast and how far she's come, and her bad shot or 189 00:14:53,976 --> 00:14:59,723 her bad round is typically like most people's good round. 190 00:14:59,773 --> 00:15:02,977 So just to have a little perspective of like, you know, all right, 191 00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:05,020 we can't win every tournament we play in. 192 00:15:05,070 --> 00:15:07,606 You know, you're still placing and doing very well. 193 00:15:07,656 --> 00:15:09,817 But golf's a tough game. I think even Tiger Woods's winning percentage 194 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:12,152 is less than 20%. 195 00:15:12,202 --> 00:15:16,991 Whenever I have a bad hole or I have a bad break. 196 00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:20,786 I always think about that and I try to tell myself, 197 00:15:20,836 --> 00:15:23,497 you know, “when the going gets tough, the tough gets going 198 00:15:23,547 --> 00:15:27,635 and stay in the moment and not think about the past or the future.” 199 00:15:28,135 --> 00:15:33,799 We exposed Kayla to multiple sports: soccer, tennis, and she loves all the sports, 200 00:15:33,849 --> 00:15:35,593 but we never pushed her. 201 00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:38,095 And when she decided to concentrate on 202 00:15:38,145 --> 00:15:40,097 golf and basketball, we let it be. 203 00:15:40,147 --> 00:15:45,102 And if in five years she's going to add a third sport or take out—take away a sport, 204 00:15:45,152 --> 00:15:48,364 that's up to her. 205 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:56,488 So in Kaila's last golf... So you had asked earlier who caddies 206 00:15:56,538 --> 00:15:58,282 and who loves to caddy. And there's always a 207 00:15:58,332 --> 00:16:00,618 competition... a behind-the-scenes competition between us. 208 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:03,996 And whenever one of us caddies and Kaila wins a tournament, 209 00:16:04,046 --> 00:16:07,124 we will tell the other one, “she on because of me,” which, you know, 210 00:16:07,174 --> 00:16:10,794 is not true at all, but it's... we like to feel that way. At the last tournament 211 00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:15,424 on the first... the tournament I believe 212 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:19,303 was three days. And on the first day, Teresa was caddying, 213 00:16:19,353 --> 00:16:22,514 and Kaila was always off and it was weird because she never misses every 214 00:16:22,564 --> 00:16:28,395 shot by a few yards; that's just not Kaila. 215 00:16:28,445 --> 00:16:32,107 Well, I was at a regional tournament in Arizona. 216 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:33,817 This was only a couple months ago. 217 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:41,200 And I was…it was the first round and I was not playing well at all. 218 00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:45,412 And she played the entire first day and she comes after the 219 00:16:45,462 --> 00:16:47,206 round and she says, ”I don't know what's going on. I don't know 220 00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:48,791 why everything's off.” 221 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:52,169 Then at the on the eighth hole... This is an 18-hole round... 222 00:16:52,219 --> 00:16:57,007 On the eighth hole, I say to my mom, who’s my caddy, 223 00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,093 I say, “I need my sand wedge,” 224 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:01,011 and then she gives me the sand wedge, 225 00:17:01,061 --> 00:17:04,515 and it turns out it's actually a lob wedge, and she switched the clubs 226 00:17:04,565 --> 00:17:11,397 all those holes. And that was the reason that all my yardages were different. 227 00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:13,691 Everything was going too short or too long. 228 00:17:13,741 --> 00:17:18,362 Well, it turns out that somehow Teresa mislabeled the clubs and 229 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:24,118 every time Kaila asked for, for example, a sand wedge or a 9-iron or whatever 230 00:17:24,168 --> 00:17:27,287 it may be, she would have the wrong cover on it. 231 00:17:27,337 --> 00:17:32,918 So she handed her the wrong club every time. Kaila very nicely at 232 00:17:32,968 --> 00:17:36,130 the end of the round said, ”Okay well, I think I'm going to have my dad 233 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:39,925 caddy the rest of the tournament.” We fixed the clubs, made sure 234 00:17:39,975 --> 00:17:42,011 everything was okay, and she actually, 235 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:47,099 came back quite well. Came in second in that tournament. 236 00:17:47,149 --> 00:17:52,813 So, she did quite well after we fixed the little mistake that Teresa made. 237 00:17:52,863 --> 00:17:55,399 It was an honest mistake. 238 00:17:55,449 --> 00:18:00,696 So she…the next day, she told my dad to caddy because she didn't want 239 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:05,784 to make that mistake of switching the head covers again. 240 00:18:05,834 --> 00:18:13,834 Well when I finally came to the realization of my stupidity... 241 00:18:14,468 --> 00:18:20,007 or my error. How about that? My error. It was humbling. 242 00:18:20,057 --> 00:18:23,719 Oops. But Kaila took it in good stride. 243 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:26,722 She says, “oh, that's why.” So I think for her, 244 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:31,685 it was more like an explanation. It was an answer to why things 245 00:18:31,735 --> 00:18:35,572 weren't going her way and it was more relief on her part than anything. 246 00:18:37,491 --> 00:18:40,110 Associate Producer: So just walk me through this you get two random numbers. 247 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,706 Yes. I got two numbers. And then I just learned this method for 248 00:18:44,748 --> 00:18:49,745 doing multiplication. Since the first number’s 32, and the tens digit’s a “3”, 249 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:54,666 you make three vertical lines, and the ones digit’s a “2”, you make two vertical lines. 250 00:18:54,716 --> 00:18:57,753 And then you do the same with this number, except horizontally. 251 00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:00,964 And you kind of break this up into parts. 252 00:19:01,014 --> 00:19:05,260 So you have your first rainbow right here, and you count the amount of 253 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:08,680 points that intersect… like where two lines intersect; 254 00:19:08,730 --> 00:19:10,974 and there's four, and then here there's 12, 255 00:19:11,024 --> 00:19:12,768 and the last one there's nine. 256 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:16,021 But since there's 12, you bring the tens digit and add it to the 257 00:19:16,071 --> 00:19:21,610 number on the left. And so, you take the one and add it to 9 and you get 258 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:27,366 “10” and “2”, so “10”, “2”, and “4” make “1,024”. 259 00:19:27,416 --> 00:19:34,456 She's very, very academic and now, she loves math, loves science. 260 00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:39,044 You know, I took her on a private tour of JPL 261 00:19:39,094 --> 00:19:43,966 in a nearby city here in Pasadena and she fell in love with it. 262 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:47,553 And she said, “one day in the future, this is what I want to do.” 263 00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:51,849 So, what I love about her is she's very determined and focused. 264 00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:56,353 So, I…absolutely with golf, I do think she's found her calling, 265 00:19:56,403 --> 00:20:00,440 and I think it's going to be a combination of golf and 266 00:20:00,490 --> 00:20:04,570 something in the science… scientific field, 267 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:07,364 whether it's JPL or something even more. 268 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:10,242 I went to JPL with one of my dad's friends 269 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:15,664 and my teacher actually, and we got to go into the actual 270 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,375 assembly room where they were putting together the spaceships 271 00:20:18,425 --> 00:20:23,046 for the Mars 2020 Mission, which was so cool. 272 00:20:23,096 --> 00:20:29,553 And we saw what was actually gonna go on Mars and I was like, whoa!” 273 00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:34,349 We got a chance to go to JPL last spring 274 00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:38,061 and watch groups of engineers working together, 275 00:20:38,111 --> 00:20:42,357 you know, kind of collaboration... the level of collaboration, and so, 276 00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:46,278 you know Kaila and I constantly had that conversation going back and forth. 277 00:20:46,328 --> 00:20:48,071 ”Oh, did you see how they were interacting? 278 00:20:48,121 --> 00:20:51,366 How they were working?” And she definitely brings that into the classroom. 279 00:20:51,416 --> 00:20:56,663 She is a really fantastic student in a fairly unique way. 280 00:20:56,713 --> 00:21:00,167 She has an insatiable desire to learn 281 00:21:00,217 --> 00:21:03,253 and that's coupled with incredible resilience. 282 00:21:03,303 --> 00:21:08,050 So she truly will just tackle any problem until she finds a solution. 283 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,927 And she goes, and she goes, and she goes at it. 284 00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:12,346 We've worked together for a lot of years on math. 285 00:21:12,396 --> 00:21:14,514 She's a really talented mathematician 286 00:21:14,564 --> 00:21:16,141 which actually I think connects with 287 00:21:16,191 --> 00:21:22,356 her golfing, because she can just sort of see and visualize planes and saw formulas. 288 00:21:22,406 --> 00:21:27,277 It's just the way her brain works, which I think actually feed into each other. 289 00:21:27,327 --> 00:21:30,072 And she's just tenacious when it comes down to solving anything that’s challenging. 290 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:35,452 To be able to actually like say, “I'm going to curve it this tree to the green. 291 00:21:35,502 --> 00:21:40,040 I need to hook it about 20 yards,” and then to set up and try to 292 00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:43,001 work out the alignments and the mechanics in the swing that make 293 00:21:43,051 --> 00:21:49,891 the ball curve that much and do it. It's pretty much all imagination and visualization. 294 00:21:50,017 --> 00:21:53,053 Golf is a game of strategies. 295 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:59,851 And, you know, each club has different loft, different height, different lie and angle, 296 00:21:59,901 --> 00:22:02,646 and each club goes a different yardage. 297 00:22:02,696 --> 00:22:04,856 And then there's the amount of slope in the shot 298 00:22:04,906 --> 00:22:07,359 and the break that the green has. 299 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:11,697 So math really definitely comes into play a lot when you’re golfing. 300 00:22:11,747 --> 00:22:18,870 Kaila keeps…unfortunately keeps math and golf pretty separate in our classrooms, 301 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,165 which is my detriment because I'm always looking to improve my golf game with her. 302 00:22:22,215 --> 00:22:25,377 I actually have a golf club in the classroom. Always looking 303 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:28,380 for…to perfect this swing with Kaila. But no. 304 00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:36,430 But I think, you know, what really is fascinating to me is, again, her kind of ability…her technical 305 00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:41,852 ability, right? And I think that she probably has that in her golf game: that technical ability. 306 00:22:41,902 --> 00:22:43,270 But there's this like big picture and mature... 307 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:49,359 aspect of maturity that I think is… it really is a gift to her, right? 308 00:22:49,409 --> 00:22:53,363 Because she can take those… that small technical stuff 309 00:22:53,413 --> 00:22:57,451 and then translate it into the big picture which not a lot of us can do. 310 00:22:57,501 --> 00:22:59,745 Oh, we're both... we're both physicians, 311 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:03,081 so that's something that we both love 312 00:23:03,131 --> 00:23:08,086 and we've always exposed her to science and math and engineering. 313 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:10,172 It's fun! 314 00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:14,051 But, you know, on the same token, 315 00:23:14,101 --> 00:23:17,262 we've also exposed her to literature 316 00:23:17,312 --> 00:23:21,850 and other forms…and theater 317 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:28,482 and other forms of education and she gravitates to the math and sciences, and, 318 00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:30,650 you know, it's hard to question her 319 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:34,654 when she can probably answer some math questions that neither of us can answer 320 00:23:34,704 --> 00:23:37,532 and sometimes not her teachers can answer. 321 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:38,959 That you can’t answer. 322 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,577 Well, that I can’t answer. 323 00:23:40,627 --> 00:23:42,579 It is really difficult 324 00:23:42,629 --> 00:23:44,581 as an educator to keep up with her. 325 00:23:44,631 --> 00:23:49,252 So the only trouble that she in fact causes is the trouble that you are constantly 326 00:23:49,302 --> 00:23:51,380 trying to keep her challenged 327 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:56,551 and engaged at an appropriate level. And she is always seeking challenge. 328 00:23:56,601 --> 00:23:59,554 So that is probably the most difficult aspect of dealing 329 00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:01,556 with Kaila is trying to keep up with her. 330 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:04,976 The hardest thing about teaching Kaila is to push her, to be honest, 331 00:24:05,026 --> 00:24:09,064 because if someone is struggling we want to help them 332 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:15,654 but Kaila I think has a tendency to think school’s too easy sometimes. 333 00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:20,242 And we really want to work hard to push her and to challenge her 334 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,661 so she doesn't feel bored or anything like that. 335 00:24:22,711 --> 00:24:28,166 Well, I like math because usually it's a… there’s step by step to get to the answer 336 00:24:28,216 --> 00:24:30,252 and I'm very logical. 337 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:34,673 It's like point A…the shortest point from A to B is a straight line, 338 00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:40,053 but then, I like also science because sometimes it's not always those step-by-step 339 00:24:40,103 --> 00:24:44,057 algorithms. Sometimes you have to work around the problems a little bit 340 00:24:44,107 --> 00:24:48,645 and think outside the box. And those two really counterbalance each other. 341 00:24:48,695 --> 00:24:50,564 We don't actually think the same way 342 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:51,857 and we really celebrate that here 343 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:55,944 because that diversity of thought is what makes our world an amazing place, 344 00:24:55,994 --> 00:25:00,866 and, ultimately is what's going to be able to solve some of the challenges that lie ahead. 345 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:05,412 And I've always been good at math and I just got into science a couple 346 00:25:05,462 --> 00:25:09,458 years ago because I thought everything was so fascinating. 347 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:14,463 I think that Kaila is so uniquely equipped to do well in science, 348 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:22,513 but also it really—the whole subject really feeds into her need to know why. 349 00:25:22,729 --> 00:25:25,849 And not in a demanding or deserving way, 350 00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:28,560 but just her…her fascination with 351 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:35,859 the world and just her need to figure things out 352 00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:38,278 and to not give up in that process, too. 353 00:25:38,328 --> 00:25:44,576 And not everyone has that tenacity to need to know why, how things work, 354 00:25:44,626 --> 00:25:48,663 how things fit together. The big picture questions 355 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:50,081 and the little picture questions 356 00:25:50,131 --> 00:25:55,253 and then to have that tenacity, too, to go after those answers 357 00:25:55,303 --> 00:25:58,048 and to approach problems in multiple ways. 358 00:25:58,098 --> 00:26:01,635 I think Kaila and her classmates, particularly the girls in that class, 359 00:26:01,685 --> 00:26:06,598 really drive the conversation so that we're not just thinking about the topic 360 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:09,392 at hand, but we're thinking about deeper connections and relationships 361 00:26:09,442 --> 00:26:11,603 between the mathematical concepts or scientific concepts 362 00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:13,855 we may be talking about. 363 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:19,069 In 2018, I do think that it is unique that there are students like Kaila: 364 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,781 young women who are really interested in math 365 00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:25,367 and science and the STEM curriculum 366 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:29,663 in general. But I almost hesitate to say that it is 367 00:26:29,713 --> 00:26:33,041 unique because I do feel like the tides are changing. 368 00:26:33,091 --> 00:26:40,966 And part of that has to do with... by reducing the stigma around women in tech 369 00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:43,843 and women in math and science. 370 00:26:43,893 --> 00:26:46,888 And I'm happy to help be a part of that process, too. 371 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:52,477 I think it's important to create a context in which math and sciences are something 372 00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:55,981 that they... female students in particular, but male students as well... 373 00:26:56,031 --> 00:27:01,528 See women aspiring to, accomplishing, enjoying. 374 00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:06,741 One of the reasons that when I started sort of really diving into the curriculum here, 375 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:09,869 thinking about how to stretch our mathematicians, 376 00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:13,665 it was really important to me that I lead that effort 377 00:27:13,715 --> 00:27:16,376 and be that classroom teacher in those objectives 378 00:27:16,426 --> 00:27:18,378 to see a woman doing that, 379 00:27:18,428 --> 00:27:22,757 because I think for girls in particular, that's really impactful to 380 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:25,677 see someone accomplishing that they can relate to 381 00:27:25,727 --> 00:27:27,762 and look up to as a role model. 382 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:29,472 And I think it's equally valuable 383 00:27:29,522 --> 00:27:35,061 for the boys because it should have re... Resets that unfortunate 384 00:27:35,111 --> 00:27:36,771 stereotype that that's something that's less 385 00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:39,482 open and less available to women. 386 00:27:39,532 --> 00:27:41,651 I'm not doing this because women don't do it. 387 00:27:41,701 --> 00:27:42,777 I'm doing it because I love it 388 00:27:42,827 --> 00:27:45,155 and I hope other people should do the same 389 00:27:45,205 --> 00:27:47,157 not because they feel pressured into 390 00:27:47,207 --> 00:27:52,662 it because they love it. And it should be nobody saying that girls can't do… 391 00:27:52,712 --> 00:27:57,876 play golf or get into STEM because they’re a girl they should 392 00:27:57,926 --> 00:27:59,461 be able to do it because they love it. 393 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:02,464 You know, I know she has this amazing golf gift, 394 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:05,050 but she also has an amazing mind and spirit. 395 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,844 So she's told me the first it’s going to be the golf, 396 00:28:07,894 --> 00:28:11,306 and then she's going to choose to move into sort of JPL-like world and like work 397 00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:15,352 on those problems, which, I mean knowing Kaila, she probably will be 398 00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:20,357 able to be a world-class athlete and then a world-class thought leader. 399 00:28:20,407 --> 00:28:25,445 She has…she has both well within her capacity. 400 00:28:25,495 --> 00:28:28,448 I'm confident for sure she's going to change the world. 401 00:28:28,498 --> 00:28:32,911 I don't know at her age that she's necessarily had a ton of life 402 00:28:32,961 --> 00:28:37,082 experience outside of school and just being here in California. 403 00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:41,169 But I know she does have a pretty worldly view of things. 404 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:46,966 I remember in fourth grade, she did a... we were working on persuasive essays 405 00:28:47,016 --> 00:28:51,763 and she wrote her persuasive essay on why we should get rid of the Electoral College, 406 00:28:51,813 --> 00:28:55,975 and at the time she was 10 years old. 407 00:28:56,025 --> 00:28:59,396 So, she has an understanding of things that at... 408 00:28:59,446 --> 00:29:01,648 For certainly at 10... That most 10 year olds wouldn't 409 00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:03,942 have, and she's pretty remarkable. 410 00:29:03,992 --> 00:29:07,153 And I remember she and I having discussions about... 411 00:29:07,203 --> 00:29:13,368 and I was sort of playing devil's advocate just to push her a little, and she gets it. 412 00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:15,578 I think she will have what it takes to survive in the real world. 413 00:29:15,628 --> 00:29:19,082 She's not naive and she's pretty strong-willed. 414 00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:22,043 I think she'll be just fine. 415 00:29:22,093 --> 00:29:27,966 I think that it's good that I have... that I am passionate about more than 416 00:29:28,016 --> 00:29:30,969 one thing because that gives me different opportunities 417 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:34,097 with what I want to do when I get older. 418 00:29:34,147 --> 00:29:39,436 But there's multiple things I would like to do in my life. 419 00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:41,604 I would like to be a professional golfer, 420 00:29:41,654 --> 00:29:47,652 but I would also like to work in the science-technology-math industry. 421 00:29:47,702 --> 00:29:53,074 And I think that it's good that I… that there's something 422 00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:55,243 that I want to do that I really do care about 423 00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:58,872 and I do like because if it's something I don't want to do, then 424 00:29:58,922 --> 00:30:01,249 I'm not going to really put my all into it. 425 00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:04,961 But I think with golf or like studying or academics, 426 00:30:05,011 --> 00:30:08,681 I will put my all into it because I do love to do it. 427 00:30:11,226 --> 00:30:12,310 Not bad for eyes closed. 428 00:30:15,522 --> 00:30:18,775 You can’t even hit the board with your eyes closed. 429 00:30:19,234 --> 00:30:20,810 Anna: Oh, my god! 430 00:30:20,860 --> 00:30:22,860 Kaila: Come on. These are all eyes closed. Ready? 431 00:30:23,905 --> 00:30:26,825 Oh, no! That one rolled down. That was so good, though! 432 00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:29,611 Kaila: Oh! Oh! Anna: I made it on the board. 433 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,904 Assistant Director: Ooh! 434 00:30:30,954 --> 00:30:32,834 Kaila: That hit the bull's eye, but rolled down! 435 00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:35,875 Oh! 436 00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:41,580 Did you get the one that fell? 437 00:30:41,714 --> 00:30:43,550 Anna: No. Well... actually, yes, I did. 438 00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:50,048 One of my friends plays worldwide soccer 439 00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:52,926 and we go back and forth, "well, I'm a world champion." 440 00:30:52,976 --> 00:30:55,929 "I'm a nationwide soccer player." We do that all the time. 441 00:30:55,979 --> 00:31:01,518 But a lot of my friends, it's cool to just kind of just like stay 442 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:05,021 mellow and just like... just hang out with no competition. 443 00:31:05,071 --> 00:31:09,534 But we usually find a way to compete in something. 444 00:31:10,910 --> 00:31:12,529 Kaila: Oh, no. That was a pass. 445 00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:15,657 Anna: That was a pass?! And you missed that?! 446 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,367 Kaila: I know! Anna: Kaila! 447 00:31:17,417 --> 00:31:18,326 Kaila: I know! Anna: You're leaving all the work to me, here. 448 00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:19,377 Kaila: I know. 449 00:31:20,295 --> 00:31:21,838 Anna: I got that part! 450 00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:25,550 Whoa! What are you doing? 451 00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:27,049 Kaila: Playing mind games. 452 00:31:30,013 --> 00:31:35,009 Kaila's very, very social, very outgoing, and she's also 453 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:36,803 very well rounded. 454 00:31:36,853 --> 00:31:40,557 So, it helps that she has friends that she play sports 455 00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:42,225 with and she's very close with them. 456 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:49,190 She has friends that are amazing students and love the fields 457 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,486 that she loves in school, and she's very close with them. 458 00:31:53,536 --> 00:31:58,283 And she and her friends are all very close and very good... 459 00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:00,660 have a very good relationship. 460 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:03,162 She is well respected and she's well-liked. 461 00:32:03,212 --> 00:32:07,667 She's not a kid that aspires to be popular. 462 00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:10,637 I think it comes with just her personality. 463 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:16,259 She's got a very... sort of even temper which is helpful with social relationships. 464 00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:20,930 She keeps her cool and she can also be very empathetic. 465 00:32:20,980 --> 00:32:26,436 So if a challenge arises within this social sphere, she's able to 466 00:32:26,486 --> 00:32:28,688 quickly see the other person's perspective 467 00:32:28,738 --> 00:32:31,774 and then works towards solving a solution. 468 00:32:31,824 --> 00:32:36,112 I miss birthdays and parties all the time, 469 00:32:36,162 --> 00:32:40,533 but it's cool because I have such good friends at my school that we... 470 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:44,913 they always try to change the date or do whatever 471 00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:46,456 so everyone can come, which is cool. 472 00:32:46,506 --> 00:32:48,708 But I do... I miss sleepovers, 473 00:32:48,758 --> 00:32:51,961 I've missed birthday parties, school events, 474 00:32:52,011 --> 00:32:55,465 but it's kind of like a sacrifice you have to make. 475 00:32:55,515 --> 00:32:58,509 See, you know what? I work with your terribleness... 476 00:32:58,559 --> 00:32:59,677 Are you harrassing me?! 477 00:32:59,727 --> 00:33:01,270 Whoa. Okay. 478 00:33:03,189 --> 00:33:06,100 I did not pull a Tessa, by the way. 479 00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:07,352 You almost... see? That's a terrible move! 480 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:08,603 Now you don't have anything... 481 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:09,562 Boo! 482 00:33:09,612 --> 00:33:11,823 Matthew! 483 00:33:14,117 --> 00:33:17,078 ♪ Bop Bop Bop Bop Bop ♪ 484 00:33:18,788 --> 00:33:20,323 Teresa: Bop, Matthew! 485 00:33:20,373 --> 00:33:21,374 Matthew: No! 486 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:27,088 ♪ Watch me whip, watch me nae nae. ♪ 487 00:33:28,297 --> 00:33:29,298 Oh! 488 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:33,011 Oh! 489 00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:36,639 ♪ Now watch me watch me ♪ 490 00:33:36,806 --> 00:33:38,141 ♪ Watch me watch me ♪ 491 00:33:38,349 --> 00:33:39,434 ♪ Watch me watch me ♪ 492 00:33:42,729 --> 00:33:45,473 I value family first and family always 493 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,851 because my family has taught me so much 494 00:33:48,901 --> 00:33:50,895 and they made me who I am today. 495 00:33:50,945 --> 00:33:54,816 Yeah, the family as a support system is extremely important. 496 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:57,235 I've seen all different types of families 497 00:33:57,285 --> 00:34:01,155 in different junior golfers, and just see how these things kind of play out. 498 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:04,867 You know, I've seen parents that live vicariously through their kids 499 00:34:04,917 --> 00:34:09,205 and are just living and dying by every good shot or bad shot they hit. 500 00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:13,584 I've seen parents that don't care at all what their kid is doing 501 00:34:13,634 --> 00:34:17,839 and they just are at the golf course by themselves for a long time. 502 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:21,968 So, kind of finding that right blend of parental involvement, 503 00:34:22,018 --> 00:34:24,053 encouragement, and support, 504 00:34:24,103 --> 00:34:27,348 but not going too far to where you're putting extra pressure 505 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:29,642 on the individual. 506 00:34:29,692 --> 00:34:33,396 You do whatever makes you happy. If it's basketball, it's basketball. 507 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:36,274 If it's golf, it's golf. If it's neither, then it's neither. 508 00:34:36,324 --> 00:34:40,945 And we've never once pushed her to play either sport 509 00:34:40,995 --> 00:34:43,156 and she doesn't want to stop. 510 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:45,658 That was really important to the both of us that once she 511 00:34:45,708 --> 00:34:50,163 picked up something and we saw that she was truly interested in it, 512 00:34:50,213 --> 00:34:53,541 it's not going to be about us; it's going to be about her. 513 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:56,335 We don't even accompany her to her lessons. 514 00:34:56,385 --> 00:35:02,050 It's truly her and her coach. And we're not there to push her... 515 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:09,265 or really... we're not... There were there to support her, 516 00:35:09,315 --> 00:35:16,489 but if this isn't what she wants, then she knows that she definitely can stop. 517 00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:22,320 Teresa: Nice picture, Kaila Kaila: Thank you. 518 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:25,448 They're the most important figures in my entire life, 519 00:35:25,498 --> 00:35:28,034 and I definitely wouldn't be here without them. 520 00:35:28,084 --> 00:35:31,704 I have my mom and dad and then my little brother Matthew. 521 00:35:31,754 --> 00:35:35,750 So, like, for my sister, she does so much I like, and I have 522 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:40,755 so much fun with my dad, and my mom is so nice to me. 523 00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:43,850 All: Aww! 524 00:35:44,183 --> 00:35:49,430 I think one of the most important things that we all believe in is family. 525 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:57,113 And growing up a very strong, close-knit family, 526 00:35:57,196 --> 00:35:59,440 Kaila and Matthew tell us everything that's on their mind, 527 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:01,442 and we love that. There are no secrets. 528 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:06,364 And I think... we hope that we can shape 529 00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:10,535 their families one day with how we're raising them. 530 00:36:10,585 --> 00:36:13,454 Right. Family unit is first and foremost. 531 00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:16,457 We have dinners together as much as possible. 532 00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:21,170 And we really enjoy spending a lot of time with one another. 533 00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:24,423 It's fun to know your kids. 534 00:36:24,473 --> 00:36:25,456 And Matthew has something else. 535 00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:29,178 Yeah, and I keep some secrets. 536 00:36:29,228 --> 00:36:30,813 Matthew keeps some secrets. Okay! 537 00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:32,857 Bend your knees. 538 00:36:38,946 --> 00:36:40,698 Why did you get off? 539 00:36:40,948 --> 00:36:42,742 Cause my hands are tired. 540 00:36:43,117 --> 00:36:44,493 Mrs. Athlete! 541 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:46,102 (Director): Teresa, you should get on it! 542 00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:47,071 On that one? (Director): Yeah! 543 00:36:47,121 --> 00:36:48,122 Oh, I can do that. 544 00:36:50,791 --> 00:36:52,543 I’m doing it with Mommy! 545 00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:56,297 Ready? Go! 546 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:58,668 You have to bend your knees. 547 00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:01,302 Bend your knees, Teresa. 548 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,880 You know, you go through ups and downs 549 00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:05,681 in life and as an athlete 550 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:09,468 and that family support is key that both parents 551 00:37:09,518 --> 00:37:12,480 are there for her during ups and her downs. 552 00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:16,350 You'll go through a lot, even in a season. Might have a bad game. 553 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,313 Might miss every shot. It’s key that the family’s there to support you 554 00:37:20,363 --> 00:37:23,407 during those tough times. And she has that. 555 00:37:53,729 --> 00:37:57,183 I tease Kaila that in my opinion, Matthew’s gonna be a better athlete 556 00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:59,268 than her because right now all he does is he copies her 557 00:37:59,318 --> 00:38:02,146 and he's just learning everything that she's doing. 558 00:38:02,196 --> 00:38:06,150 But in all fairness, from the minute Matthew was born, he had to sit through 559 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:13,199 four hours of golf tournaments silent in a stroller every single weekend. 560 00:38:13,249 --> 00:38:15,084 Every weekend! 561 00:38:15,209 --> 00:38:18,037 Now that he can actually give us his opinion. 562 00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:20,581 He's like, "I don't want to be anywhere near a golf course." 563 00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:25,253 He gets tired of watching it. He thinks it’s boring. 564 00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:29,473 And he just really doesn’t wanna play golf or have anything to do with golf. 565 00:38:29,682 --> 00:38:35,513 Because I don't… it's boring to wait. 566 00:38:35,563 --> 00:38:37,807 So you sit around and have to wait for Kaila? 567 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:40,601 Yeah, it’s so boring. It’s so boring? 568 00:38:40,651 --> 00:38:44,105 Because in his head, that's all he's allowed to do is sit there quietly 569 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:47,191 for four or five hours plus 570 00:38:47,241 --> 00:38:51,404 when he takes…you know, when you guys take Kaila to practice every week. 571 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:58,911 So…you know, right now he's very adamant that, “I will not play golf.” 572 00:38:58,961 --> 00:39:01,664 He is dying to play ice hockey. 573 00:39:01,714 --> 00:39:03,666 Soccer. He loves soccer. 574 00:39:03,716 --> 00:39:06,711 And Soccer. Yeah, so… But he's got a pretty good golf swing. 575 00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:08,629 Yeah. That’s, again, up to him. 576 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:14,268 But yeah, like I said, I think he's gonna be a better athlete than Kaila. So, we'll see. 577 00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:35,489 In my opinion, travel is an amazing experience. And I love…you know, 578 00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:40,494 we love to travel, but we love to take the kids because seeing different cultures 579 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:45,758 I think teaches them just as much as sitting in a classroom. 580 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:51,297 I'm from Egypt. She's from the Philippines. And we love to 581 00:39:51,347 --> 00:39:53,591 take her back to see…you know, 582 00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:57,928 first and foremost a culture that she really doesn't know, that 583 00:39:57,978 --> 00:40:02,308 she's gonna learn and see. Second that…you know, 584 00:40:02,358 --> 00:40:06,103 not everyone in the world lives the way we live here 585 00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:10,107 and it's important to see that there's people that are more 586 00:40:10,157 --> 00:40:12,777 fortunate, there are people that are less fortunate, 587 00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:16,906 and there's…it's just a…and different cultures out there. 588 00:40:16,956 --> 00:40:20,826 The most important thing is that she has to understand 589 00:40:20,876 --> 00:40:22,703 where my heritage came from, where Teresa’s heritage came from. 590 00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:26,332 And the difference and why, you know, 591 00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:29,210 she's actually a combination of both of us. 592 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:32,213 We got to see our family in the Philippines. 593 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:37,802 We spent time with my great uncle 594 00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:41,806 and cousins and my aunts, and it was really nice to see 595 00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:45,309 everybody again all… where they came from 596 00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:50,523 and it's really cool to see the culture in the Philippines and compare 597 00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:53,025 it to here in the United States. 598 00:40:53,075 --> 00:40:56,695 We are first-generation immigrants, the both of us, 599 00:40:56,745 --> 00:40:59,824 so family has... first and foremost, 600 00:40:59,874 --> 00:41:05,413 that's the most important thing. And it's truly important, 601 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:11,502 especially in America where we are such a huge melting pot, to kind of maintain 602 00:41:11,552 --> 00:41:15,005 that sense of who your family is; where you're from. 603 00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:18,843 So it's really important to us to at least take her home 604 00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:22,096 to the Philippines once a year, 605 00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:26,892 you know get connected with her relatives there, learn some of the language. 606 00:41:26,942 --> 00:41:33,315 I mean culturally and socially she is very…she's very much Asian 607 00:41:33,365 --> 00:41:40,072 and that's part of…that's how we raised her just because of the foods 608 00:41:40,122 --> 00:41:43,492 and the connection to family. 609 00:41:43,542 --> 00:41:47,997 I think I'm the only Filipino in the school. 610 00:41:48,047 --> 00:41:54,044 I'm the only Egyptian in the school. And like even on tests they say 611 00:41:54,094 --> 00:42:00,384 like…standardized test, “how do you,” like, “what do you identify yourself 612 00:42:00,434 --> 00:42:07,224 with?” And it's like Asian or European or Caucasian. And there's Asian, 613 00:42:07,274 --> 00:42:10,811 but there's no Middle Eastern, which is always something kind of odd. 614 00:42:10,861 --> 00:42:15,816 Like I tell my teacher…I'm like, ”there's no like Middle Eastern or 615 00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:21,030 anything.” And, so, it's just like that almost lack of representation 616 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:24,166 that's kind of… that I think should be there. 617 00:42:26,418 --> 00:42:27,419 Right. (laughs) 618 00:42:28,254 --> 00:42:33,918 I really don't think it…her gender or race plays a big part in her life here at school. 619 00:42:33,968 --> 00:42:40,216 She's really well-liked and the kids really respect her a lot and vice versa. 620 00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:46,430 I think she shows that same respect back to them and the teachers too. 621 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:47,598 I don't know how it'll affect 622 00:42:47,648 --> 00:42:51,101 her in the future. I don't know if things will change at another school, 623 00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:55,606 or as she goes professional, or gets into a career that may be 624 00:42:55,656 --> 00:42:57,399 math and science based. 625 00:42:57,449 --> 00:43:00,819 I don't know how to… how that might play out. 626 00:43:00,869 --> 00:43:05,157 But I think she's got the strength and the fortitude to really push through 627 00:43:05,207 --> 00:43:07,535 any challenges that will come her way. 628 00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:14,083 One thing that I truly talk to her about all the time is the fact that she 629 00:43:14,133 --> 00:43:20,005 should never let: number one gender get in the way, number two race. 630 00:43:20,055 --> 00:43:24,301 You know, it can't matter to her. 631 00:43:24,351 --> 00:43:27,221 She has to just go for it in whatever it is. 632 00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:33,435 She has always been like that and taught me that no matter who tells 633 00:43:33,485 --> 00:43:38,232 you that you can't do it or that you're not good enough 634 00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:41,527 because you're a girl, or because you're Asian, or whatever. 635 00:43:41,577 --> 00:43:44,613 She says, like, “put those noise cancelling headphones 636 00:43:44,663 --> 00:43:46,532 on and don't pay attention to them 637 00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:50,703 and just work your butt off to do whatever you want to do 638 00:43:50,753 --> 00:43:53,622 and don't let anybody tell you that you can't.” 639 00:43:53,672 --> 00:43:56,625 It's really important that she really has a good 640 00:43:56,675 --> 00:44:03,424 foundation that she is no better, no different than anybody else. 641 00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:05,509 She achieves what she puts into it. 642 00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:10,723 And, you know, work is everything. No matter how far you get, how far you go, 643 00:44:10,773 --> 00:44:16,895 you always have to work. And that has to be her…her main focus is 644 00:44:16,945 --> 00:44:17,938 nothing else but, “you gotta work.” 645 00:44:17,988 --> 00:44:22,901 Golf, just like any other sport, it doesn't... your gender doesn't matter 646 00:44:22,951 --> 00:44:25,696 and especially in golf because a lot of girls 647 00:44:25,746 --> 00:44:28,616 and women think that they can't play sports like football 648 00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:32,911 or basketball because it's too rough and tough. 649 00:44:32,961 --> 00:44:36,957 But golf is really so the opposite because it doesn't…you're not 650 00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:38,917 playing against anybody else, 651 00:44:38,967 --> 00:44:40,919 you're just playing— you and the course. 652 00:44:40,969 --> 00:44:44,298 And it really doesn't matter your gender, or your age, or how tall you are. 653 00:44:44,348 --> 00:44:45,924 Sometimes me and my friends 654 00:44:45,974 --> 00:44:47,718 go out on the golf course to play, 655 00:44:47,768 --> 00:44:51,305 and they see a bunch of 10 year old girl golfers 656 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:55,601 and they’re…they say, “can we cut in front of you? I think 657 00:44:55,651 --> 00:44:56,644 you guys are going to take 658 00:44:56,694 --> 00:45:00,105 a while.” And we don't let them, 659 00:45:00,155 --> 00:45:03,192 and they just…and they see they're falling behind 660 00:45:03,242 --> 00:45:10,616 because they underestimate the fact that we could…girls who are young 661 00:45:10,666 --> 00:45:16,255 could play golf, and play golf probably better than some…a lot of people. 662 00:45:33,647 --> 00:45:35,941 [Cheering] 663 00:45:48,454 --> 00:45:53,033 This is the trophy that I received for winning the 664 00:45:53,083 --> 00:45:56,120 2018 US Kids World Championship. 665 00:45:56,170 --> 00:46:03,502 And this is the flag from the 18th hole of the tournament. 666 00:46:03,552 --> 00:46:08,724 And here's my glove and my ball that I won with. 667 00:46:22,863 --> 00:46:28,318 Assistant Producer: Can you tell us says on the front of the chalice? 668 00:46:28,368 --> 00:46:35,993 Okay, it says “US Kids Golf World Championship Champion 2018.” 669 00:46:36,043 --> 00:46:38,746 Assistant Producer: Do you feel like a champion? 670 00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:40,122 I do, but it's so surreal. 671 00:46:40,172 --> 00:46:44,918 Like I couldn't believe it. Like on the green and even when I was talking to my family, 672 00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:47,963 I couldn't…I couldn't believe it. But, like, when I got the trophy, 673 00:46:48,013 --> 00:46:51,350 I was like, “oh my gosh. This is real.” 674 00:46:54,186 --> 00:46:58,307 Well, I had one putt that if I made—if I missed 675 00:46:58,357 --> 00:47:02,019 and the other girl made, her short putt, we would have gone into a playoff. 676 00:47:02,069 --> 00:47:06,523 And that's not what I wanted, especially on such a big stage 677 00:47:06,573 --> 00:47:09,610 because I would have been super nervous. 678 00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:12,404 But if I just made the putt no matter what happened, 679 00:47:12,454 --> 00:47:15,616 I would have won it. So, it was about a 12-foot putt 680 00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:22,414 for par and we have a yardage book and it said that it was going from right to left, 681 00:47:22,464 --> 00:47:27,002 but I thought it was going from left to right. So, I went with my gut 682 00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:31,298 and I aimed just a little bit left center of the cup, 683 00:47:31,348 --> 00:47:35,135 and it just went straight into the middle of the hole. 684 00:47:35,185 --> 00:47:36,945 Director: Wow. Kaila: Yeah, it's pretty cool. 685 00:47:49,449 --> 00:47:53,821 Going into the tournament, I was playing with one girl, 686 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:57,199 her name was Eila Galitsky from Thailand, 687 00:47:57,249 --> 00:48:01,495 and she's an incredibly well-rounded, accomplished 688 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:06,708 player. And she's been in those pressure situations before. 689 00:48:06,758 --> 00:48:09,503 And I was playing with another girl from China, 690 00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:12,214 and I was tied for the lead with her. 691 00:48:12,264 --> 00:48:15,801 And I know she's a…I knew she was a good player, 692 00:48:15,851 --> 00:48:19,930 but I don't think I've ever seen her in a pressure position. 693 00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:27,980 But I have never been in such an important spot in a tournament. 694 00:48:29,281 --> 00:48:35,195 And so knowing that I now can close on the last day means a lot to me 695 00:48:35,245 --> 00:48:41,410 for my confidence, and also it's a huge improvement in my golf game. 696 00:48:41,460 --> 00:48:49,460 It's a three-day tournament and Kaila... she plays best when she's relaxed. 697 00:48:49,843 --> 00:48:52,212 So my job is to keep her relaxed. 698 00:48:52,262 --> 00:48:58,510 I think every day we picked— I picked a different medical topic 699 00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,597 and I just discussed that with her throughout the tournament basically. 700 00:49:01,647 --> 00:49:03,891 So, on the first day, 701 00:49:03,941 --> 00:49:09,605 we talked about diabetes and the pancreas. On the second day, 702 00:49:09,655 --> 00:49:15,694 we talked about hormonal changes in humans. 703 00:49:15,744 --> 00:49:19,323 And on the third day… Tanner stages. 704 00:49:19,373 --> 00:49:20,824 Tanner stages 705 00:49:20,874 --> 00:49:26,330 in teenagers. Adolescents. 706 00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:32,210 Director: And that kept her relaxed?! Ashraf: That kept her mind off of the 707 00:49:32,260 --> 00:49:36,423 tournament, so, and just concentrating on having fun and playing golf. 708 00:49:36,473 --> 00:49:38,717 I just didn't want her to think about the scores. 709 00:49:38,767 --> 00:49:39,927 I didn't want her to think about 710 00:49:39,977 --> 00:49:41,094 what other people were doing. 711 00:49:41,144 --> 00:49:45,390 I tried as much as possible not to have her watch 712 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,852 when the other girls were hitting and we just did our own thing: 713 00:49:48,902 --> 00:49:51,396 walked to the side, and I had these discussions with her. 714 00:49:51,446 --> 00:49:56,193 He keeps everything like really light. He…towards the end of the round, 715 00:49:56,243 --> 00:50:00,614 he started saying this thing, which really didn't make sense, 716 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:04,326 but it was kind of funny, and we hit a good shot every time he said it. 717 00:50:04,376 --> 00:50:06,662 He was like, ”do you need anything?” “No,” and I said, “no.” 718 00:50:06,712 --> 00:50:08,121 He said, “do you want me to wipe your club?” "No." 719 00:50:08,171 --> 00:50:12,334 He said, “should I stop talking?” And I said, “yes.” 720 00:50:12,384 --> 00:50:15,128 And he said, “okay, I'll just look pretty for the cameras.” 721 00:50:15,178 --> 00:50:17,214 And he said that like every shot 722 00:50:17,264 --> 00:50:21,718 and he kind of just did things like that throughout the entire tournament. 723 00:50:21,768 --> 00:50:27,599 Just keep it loose, keep it funny. We would sing songs walking from ball to ball. 724 00:50:27,649 --> 00:50:32,896 So things like that: just kept it loose, kept it fun, and I was able to play good golf. 725 00:50:32,946 --> 00:50:34,773 We also had a little… A song. 726 00:50:34,823 --> 00:50:36,316 A song, yeah. 727 00:50:36,366 --> 00:50:43,115 We sang a song together: ‘This Little Light of Mine’, and we danced pretty much. 728 00:50:43,165 --> 00:50:47,119 So that was my way of entertaining her for three days straight. 729 00:50:47,169 --> 00:50:49,337 They were very silly on the course. 730 00:50:53,967 --> 00:50:58,922 Yes, she would not let me. So, she's very superstitious, 731 00:50:58,972 --> 00:51:01,091 especially with sports, 732 00:51:01,141 --> 00:51:06,221 but especially with golf. And the first day she did amazing 733 00:51:06,271 --> 00:51:10,726 and fell in first place, and I didn't have time to shave that morning; 734 00:51:10,776 --> 00:51:13,520 she had a very early tee time. 735 00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:15,522 So, she would not let me shave the second 736 00:51:15,572 --> 00:51:21,778 day or the third day because…I was joking with her that, “you know, Kaila…” 737 00:51:21,828 --> 00:51:25,657 Again, we had no idea she was gonna win. And I said, “Kaila, what if you win? 738 00:51:25,707 --> 00:51:27,492 I got to look good for the cameras. 739 00:51:27,542 --> 00:51:31,838 You're not gonna let me shave?” She was like, “Nope. You're not shaving.” So... yup. 740 00:51:39,262 --> 00:51:46,720 The Girls 11 and a lot of the boys age groups are incredibly competitive. 741 00:51:46,770 --> 00:51:52,350 It's anybody's tournament on any given day, and it's really 742 00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:55,228 who makes the least mistakes. 743 00:51:55,278 --> 00:51:58,023 It's not who plays the best. It’s who makes the leases mistakes 744 00:51:58,073 --> 00:52:01,610 because we're all good— Incredibly good at golf. 745 00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:06,323 I really feel like she mentally she felt like she was ready for it. 746 00:52:06,373 --> 00:52:08,825 And you know, she didn't touch a club for like two weeks prior, right? 747 00:52:08,875 --> 00:52:13,121 And so when we got there she goes, “let's go. Let's go practice.” 748 00:52:13,171 --> 00:52:16,625 And you know, it's usually me that says, “Kaila, you know, you want to 749 00:52:16,675 --> 00:52:18,502 go practice? You have touched a club.” 750 00:52:18,552 --> 00:52:21,630 She goes, “no we're going.” And I think that helped. It was like she was 751 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:26,802 so hyper focused and it was really quality practice instead of 752 00:52:26,852 --> 00:52:29,721 just quantity hitting ball after ball after ball. 753 00:52:29,771 --> 00:52:35,227 She really got into this beast-mode. She was like, “I'm gonna do it.” 754 00:52:35,277 --> 00:52:38,814 It was really something. It was awesome to watch it. 755 00:52:38,864 --> 00:52:42,400 It was pretty amazing. I mean, her scores are 756 00:52:42,450 --> 00:52:47,405 ridiculous. Most adults cannot recreate those scores, 757 00:52:47,455 --> 00:52:52,619 and most professionals cannot get… on the last day—on the third day, 758 00:52:52,669 --> 00:52:55,622 the last nine holes, most professionals cannot get the scores 759 00:52:55,672 --> 00:53:00,794 that she got in that particular nine holes. 760 00:53:00,844 --> 00:53:04,297 So watching— She went eagle, birdie, eagle. 761 00:53:04,347 --> 00:53:06,174 You know, that was pretty… 762 00:53:06,224 --> 00:53:09,803 She got four birdies and two eagles on nine holes. 763 00:53:09,853 --> 00:53:13,765 So watching that was just, I mean… even the other parents were in awe. 764 00:53:13,815 --> 00:53:15,984 We were in awe. I was in awe being her caddy. 765 00:53:31,458 --> 00:53:36,413 Well, when I birdied hole nine, I was even par. And then my dad reminded me, 766 00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:40,792 “Kaila, you were even par on the first day through the front nine. 767 00:53:40,842 --> 00:53:43,003 So the back nine is where you shine.” 768 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:45,714 And so then I parred the first two holes of the back 769 00:53:45,764 --> 00:53:47,924 nine and then I just started birdieing 770 00:53:47,974 --> 00:53:53,597 and eagling and so then…so my dad really just reassured me that I 771 00:53:53,647 --> 00:53:57,267 could that…I could really do well on the back nine. 772 00:53:57,317 --> 00:53:59,603 The problem with Kaila, and again, 773 00:53:59,653 --> 00:54:03,648 what always scares me about her mental game is that she's 774 00:54:03,698 --> 00:54:05,692 unbelievably gifted in math. 775 00:54:05,742 --> 00:54:08,695 And I don't know if it's a photographic memory 776 00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:14,618 or what, but she has everyone’s score in her head at all times, 777 00:54:14,668 --> 00:54:18,914 and every hole, including people that she…that aren't playing with us at the time. 778 00:54:18,964 --> 00:54:23,501 So she knows everyone's score going in. And my job is like, 779 00:54:23,551 --> 00:54:26,796 ”okay, well try and stay calm, Kaila. You know, let's just…let's not think 780 00:54:26,846 --> 00:54:29,507 about anyone else’s score. Let’s just play our game.” 781 00:54:29,557 --> 00:54:30,717 And she's like, “no no no. 782 00:54:30,767 --> 00:54:33,511 So the girl in fourth place right now has this, 783 00:54:33,561 --> 00:54:36,181 many shots and I'm ahead of her by this much.” 784 00:54:36,231 --> 00:54:40,310 She’s got every single combination going. She goes, “if I made this…” 785 00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:42,395 The statistics…it's all in her head. 786 00:54:42,445 --> 00:54:46,399 It's hard to hide it from her because she has all the statistics in her head, 787 00:54:46,449 --> 00:54:48,693 and the percentages of this girl winning 788 00:54:48,743 --> 00:54:52,822 and this girl winning. And that's why I talked about medicine. 789 00:54:52,872 --> 00:54:55,408 To just try and get her mind off of this. 790 00:54:55,458 --> 00:55:01,414 So that's…so to me, the fact that she had her mental game 791 00:55:01,464 --> 00:55:04,626 on this time was what made a difference. 792 00:55:04,676 --> 00:55:10,924 I'm still shocked because our age group is such a competitive age group 793 00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:14,052 that for me to come out on top is like, “what?!” 794 00:55:14,102 --> 00:55:17,097 Like, I was just… best case scenario top 5, 795 00:55:17,147 --> 00:55:21,601 but let alone winning? But it also makes things a lot more competitive 796 00:55:21,651 --> 00:55:22,978 because now I'm going to have a 797 00:55:23,028 --> 00:55:25,363 little bit of a target on my back for other tournaments. 798 00:55:36,541 --> 00:55:41,121 And our Girls 11 World Champion from California with rounds 799 00:55:41,171 --> 00:55:45,208 of 69 and 67: Kaila Elsayegh! 800 00:55:45,258 --> 00:55:53,258 (Cheers and Applause) 801 00:56:21,044 --> 00:56:26,499 I'd like to thank US Kids Golf for hosting this incredible event. 802 00:56:26,549 --> 00:56:32,172 I'd like to thank the volunteers and staff for their hard work and dedication. 803 00:56:32,222 --> 00:56:36,092 A huge thank you to my fellow competitors. This tournament 804 00:56:36,142 --> 00:56:38,386 wouldn’t be the same. 805 00:56:38,436 --> 00:56:43,892 A huge shout-out to all my friends who came out and supported me. 806 00:56:43,942 --> 00:56:48,229 Thank you to LoPro Golf for course management. 807 00:56:48,279 --> 00:56:53,777 Thank you to my coach Zack Allan for preparing me and putting 808 00:56:53,827 --> 00:56:56,279 me in the place I am today. 809 00:56:56,329 --> 00:57:00,617 Thank you to my Mom and my brother, Matthew, for coming out 810 00:57:00,667 --> 00:57:05,705 and watching me through the rain and the heat. Your support means 811 00:57:05,755 --> 00:57:06,998 the world to me. 812 00:57:07,048 --> 00:57:13,630 And finally, thank you to my caddy who’s my Dad. You make me laugh. 813 00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:19,427 You keep me sane. Your support means the world. Thank you. 814 00:57:19,477 --> 00:57:20,437 (Cheers and Applause) 815 00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:33,608 My dream is probably to play…to get a college 816 00:57:33,658 --> 00:57:35,985 scholarship on golf or academics. 817 00:57:36,035 --> 00:57:40,698 I would love for her to be a professional golfer. 818 00:57:40,748 --> 00:57:44,494 I realized that it's a tough uphill battle, 819 00:57:44,544 --> 00:57:48,498 but I truly believe that she has the work ethic and the talent 820 00:57:48,548 --> 00:57:51,176 to get where she could be. 821 00:57:52,135 --> 00:57:59,134 My dream for Kaila is for her to do something that she loves. 822 00:57:59,184 --> 00:58:02,887 And I know that she loves golf. 823 00:58:02,937 --> 00:58:06,391 So, you know, if I was to give her some words of inspiration, 824 00:58:06,441 --> 00:58:12,981 I think I would tell her that, “you've done an outstanding job thus far, 825 00:58:13,031 --> 00:58:19,195 you know? You've worked your butt off. You've exceeded at almost 826 00:58:19,245 --> 00:58:22,574 every level that you've been at. 827 00:58:22,624 --> 00:58:25,785 "So golf has given you a lot." 828 00:58:25,835 --> 00:58:31,291 I would say that...,"just to kind of continue to enjoy that journey." 829 00:58:31,341 --> 00:58:32,500 Stay focused. 830 00:58:32,550 --> 00:58:37,722 Don't worry about outside noise, stay even keeled, and never be satisfied. 831 00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:46,056 I hope that in the future that you never forget the person that you are today. 832 00:58:47,857 --> 00:58:53,396 She's got a toolkit that is so extensive, right, and so robust that I'm super 833 00:58:53,446 --> 00:58:57,775 interested in seeing where she lands at the end of the day. 834 00:58:57,825 --> 00:59:01,779 But in terms of giving her advice, I can't say anything but just 835 00:59:01,829 --> 00:59:03,698 to continue who being she's being 836 00:59:03,748 --> 00:59:05,909 and to continue living the way that she's been living 837 00:59:05,959 --> 00:59:07,494 because I think most of us 838 00:59:07,544 --> 00:59:10,705 as adults would look at the way that she interacts with others 839 00:59:10,755 --> 00:59:13,791 and the kind of perspective— That worldview that she holds 840 00:59:13,841 --> 00:59:17,795 and would remain in great admiration because of it. 841 00:59:17,845 --> 00:59:23,801 So, I think instead of giving Kaila advice, I would ask for her advice. 842 00:59:23,851 --> 00:59:28,097 I'd tell future Kaila to stay on the course she's on. Don't let this 843 00:59:28,147 --> 00:59:33,895 stuff get to you too much. Not too high, not too low kind of thing. 844 00:59:33,945 --> 00:59:37,190 I think she understands that. I really do. 845 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:39,776 But there's going to be some bumps in the road. 846 00:59:39,826 --> 00:59:44,280 That's just how life is if you're going to achieve anything. 847 00:59:44,330 --> 00:59:46,699 But I want her to keep an even keel 848 00:59:46,749 --> 00:59:51,871 and just put her best foot forward and know that she may have success, 849 00:59:51,921 --> 00:59:55,500 she may have some failures, but to keep pushing along. 850 00:59:55,550 --> 00:59:58,253 "Just be kind to yourself." 851 00:59:58,303 --> 01:00:03,091 Like, you know, it can be… it can be challenging to have that… 852 01:00:03,141 --> 01:00:05,385 that many people looking up to you, 853 01:00:05,435 --> 01:00:09,222 or thinking about you, or relying on you to accomplish goals. 854 01:00:09,272 --> 01:00:10,974 "Just take care of yourself." 855 01:00:11,024 --> 01:00:16,321 If I could tell Kaila one thing, “always trust yourself.” 856 01:00:16,821 --> 01:00:19,899 She's got a really good head on her shoulders. 857 01:00:19,949 --> 01:00:21,859 "Trust yourself." 858 01:00:21,909 --> 01:00:27,699 One advice that I will give her is to always… 859 01:00:27,749 --> 01:00:31,494 always know her roots, know where she came from. 860 01:00:31,544 --> 01:00:34,789 Know that no matter how successful she is, 861 01:00:34,839 --> 01:00:37,842 she's the same person and not better than anyone else. 862 01:00:44,891 --> 01:00:46,434 Twenty-one. 863 01:00:51,522 --> 01:00:58,104 It would probably be only… it would probably… 864 01:00:58,154 --> 01:01:03,109 I think message that I would send to Future Kaila would probably be to 865 01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:06,154 do something that you love and don't force yourself to do 866 01:01:06,204 --> 01:01:08,915 something that you wouldn't enjoy in the future.