David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes

TEDMED 2009
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes ( script)
Summary
Don't show this talk to kids, because of danger.
The speaker is a magician. A magician is an entertainer who performs tricks as entertainment, such as making things disappear.
I was completely absorbed in his talk, that I forgot he was a magician. I thought for a moment why he did such dangerous things many times. However, he likes to do what doctors say impossible. It made me stop thinking that he is a magician.
This time, he tells us how he held his breath underwater for 17 minutes. I thought that 17 minutes was about the same as this entire talk. Somehow I heard him breathe in the sphere during his talk.
He has wanted the world record of holding one's breath underwater since he was a child. Usually, people have a serious of hypoxic brain damage when they go without breathing over six minutes. When it is over 15 minutes, your brain will be done. However, it made him motivate.
He started learning about the world record holder. He tried to lose his weight the cause of world record holder to hold his breath better. He decided to break the world record that was 16 minutes and 32 seconds. Several months, he practiced to hold his breath every morning.
He is a magician. As a magician, he tries to create images that make people stop and think, and also he tries to challenge himself to do things that doctors say impossible. He says that holding his breath and  shuffling a deck of cards are the same magic. It is important to practice, train and experiment again and again while pushing through the pain to be the best.
I think that in this talk, he would win, because he made us stop and think.
Words in this story
breath /brɛθ/noun/  breathe /brið/verb/
legitimate / conforming to the law or to rules. legal, lawful.
pursuit / quest, seeking, the action of following or pursuing someone or something.
quest / search, hunt
shivering /  shake
bypass / a road passing around a town or its center to provide an alternative route for through traffic.