Sports Profile Featuring Anthony Melchionda

[0:03]" It's sports programs. Sports reporters got him an -- Gionta is a senior went Thayer Academy in Braintree. Five feet 11175 pounds and nothing is an all league all scholastic quarterback and shortstop. Baseball is Anthony's game."

[0:20]" Well basically it's just been my a lot of below my life -- it's on the kid I don't know why the sport but I I don't know images from a bar on the back out all the time my true love I guess I always solid on the nationally us I like to critique my feel the moment and."

[0:35]" Anthony -- football player a baseball player it's a type one diabetic. Diagnosed at the age of six."

[0:42]" When I was first diagnosed my mother told me that I would respond to LA because those on the insulin now I would tell us stuff glacier I've never known I was like to feel normal. I mean I felt good I felt that I that I wasn't feeling sick anymore but it was still a challenge because those different light stuff whether my cancer I was encouraged me and you know it was it was easy they said that anything's going to be all right."

[1:03]" When not competing Anthony wears an insulin pump when he competing Anthony removes the -- Never once has diet beat us affected Anthony -- on this play on the field. The insulin -- is never in play."

[1:16]" I check halfway through the game stay on top of things but it's be devastating effect until low amount on I have not having not played. Just like a cellphone not even. I have a little catheter was it's been served with a needle and then -- move the -- capita state and it goes on my hip. All -- backside but -- every 23 days."

[1:36]" Anthony no Gionta -- all scholastic all ISL is a model for those learning to cope with type one -- beat us when the jostling clinic calls. Anthony meets with those diagnosed type one."

[1:49]" A little bit of fear the fact that it was so you with me because memo was -- and so. The only thing that young kid and so what you did and these kids move their parents have no idea whether -- and so it's skid overall yeah I just effect of a doubt that the so long it's just easy for me it's soccer well and you know boost up -- you can you can do it is there's nothing like it's obvious. I -- Altoona."

[2:11]" Player all scholastic football player baseball player and penalty on their bulletin Boston College in the fall on a full baseball scholarship. I'm Tom Cody WBZ radio sports if you. Lastly who should be"