DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Phil Southerland is a former professional cyclist. He's been racing uphill since the first year of his life.</s>PHIL SOUTHERLAND, CYCLIST: At seven-months-old mom took me to one doctor who said your kid has got the flu, come back in one week.</s>GUPTA: But within days Phil's weight plummeted. His mom rushed him to the hospital.</s>SOUTHERLAND: The good news is your son is going to live for now. The bad news is he has diabetes. He's got to take shots, insulin, and most likely he'll be dead by 25.</s>GUPTA: That death sentence didn't stop him. At 12-years-old, Phil jumped on a bike.</s>SOUTHERLAND: I disobeyed some rules. I ventured my way to a snack machine and got a Snickers bar. Then I figured, OK, I don't want to wait two hours for my insulin to kick in. I do want to eat these candy bars. How can I do it? And so I rode my bike through the streets of the neighborhood until my legs hurt again. So the bike gave me the discipline and motivation I needed to control diabetes.</s>GUPTA: In college Phil got the idea to start a non-profit called Team Type 1 to empower other athletes with the disease.</s>SOUTHERLAND: I believe sport can be the unifying point for people with diabetes.</s>GUPTA: His goal, to have the first all-diabetic cycling team race in the Tour de France by 2021. His other passion, helping diabetic kids in Rwanda get much need medical supplies.</s>SOUTHERLAND: I want every kid with diabetes to know they are the hero, every person with diabetes to know that their dreams can come true.</s>GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, reporting.</s>CABRERA: Hello, I'm Ana Cabrera in Washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. It's great to have you with us on this 100th day in office for President Trump.
Cyclist with Diabetes Starts Non-Profit.