- How did you get into power lifting? - I was really, really a bad smoker. I smoked for about maybe
25 years and developed a really, really, really bad cold all the time coughing, coughing, coughing, smoking, smoking, smoking. And I said, "Oh, I gotta
put away those cigarettes." Right? So what happened, I went to the gym and I got five pounds and I started walking a little
bit, a little bit, corner to corner, still coughing. And finally one day,
those five pound weights I stopped coughing. I'm saying, "Wow, something is going on." So then I picked up more weights. I got stronger and stronger. And before you know
it, the guys in the gym they were saying, "Hey, can
I take a selfie with you?" Because guess what happened? I got really, really strong. I got so strong that I began dead lifting. And I could dead lift 225 pounds. (audience cheering, clapping) And I started competing. And the first time I competed, Mr. Harvey, guess what happened? They said, "Oh, you got
to take the PP test." And I said, "What?" Because they thought I was on steroids. But they discovered that
I was the real deal. (audience cheering, clapping) - There's not a lot of people in your age range that power lift, is it? - No. As a matter of fact, I
was the oldest female at the gym at that time, power lifting. And then I saw a sign that startled me. And it said power lifter. And I said to Brian, I said,
"Brian, can anybody go?" He said, "Go for it, granny." That was seven years ago. And here I am. I'm the world natural power
lifter, male or female. (audience cheering, clapping) - Male or female? How many trophies you
think you got out there? - Mr. Harvey, - [Steve] You can just call me Steve. - Steve?
- Yes ma'am. - Thank you. I got between track and field and between- - Wait a minute, hold up. Where's the story going? What do you mean track and field? - Well, starting with
those five pound weights I started running. I was running to the
Senior Olympics 55 and over and I'm self-taught. And guess what? I did the 50 meter, 100 meter, 1500 meter. And guess what? I won first place in all of it. (audience cheering, clapping) And I took up the shot put
in the back of my yard. - You need, see right now,
I want you to be quiet now. See, now, see Miss Willie,
you're going too damn far now. You know, I've been going
along with all this here. I'll let you run. You know, I've been going along with the little power lifting. Now you fin tell me you
done threw a shot put. - Yeah, yeah.
(audience laughs) Yeah, in the backyard. I started picking up
stones and throwing stones. And then I started competing in Olympic style for the seniors. - Let me guess, you won that too? (audience applauding) Are people really surprised by what you're doing at your age? - Well, at one time they told
me I should stay in my place because the old folks ain't
supposed to be doing that. And it hurt my heart. But now they wanna take selfies with me. (audience cheering, clapping) - Miss Willie, let me ask you this though. What do you say to people who say I can't? - There's only one thing
that when you come to the gym that you can't do is to say I can't. As long as you say I
can try that's the start of you being healthier and being happier. And that's the way it is. (audience clapping) - Let me ask you about this
'cause it was everywhere. You recently you had an intruder
that broke into your home. What happened? - It was about 11 o'clock at night and I was getting ready to go to bed. And the doorbell was constantly ringing. And I'm saying, "My god, what is that?" So then I went to the door and there was a young man bent over. He said, "Help me, help
me, please, please. "I've been shot." And I said, "Oh my god." I'm on the phone in the
kitchen calling 911. Help, help please come to my home. There's somebody that has been shot. So what happened is that I heard a real weird, strange noise. Boom. The man was in my house. He had broken through
the door and it was dark. And I said, "Oh my god, my god." Here I am by myself, old. But guess what? I had a table 'cause I had
just done eating potato chips because I love potato chips. - Oh.
(audience chuckles) - [Miss Willie] And it
was a little round table. - Yeah.
- I picked up that table. And you wanna know something? May I stand up? - [Steve] Yes, ma'am. - I stood up and I'm whamming 'em. I'm whamming 'em.
(audience cheering) And the table broke and he fell back. (audience laughing) I'm jumping, I'm jumping. I'm jumping on him. - You jumping on him? - Yeah, while he was down. - Oh, you stomping him? - Yeah. - Oh, you stomping him. That ain't jumping, jumping and stomping. Stomping is you trying to take him out. - [Miss Willie] Yes, yeah. - Yes ma'am. - So he's still laying there. And then there's the shampoo that I had just bought
at the dollar store. A big bottle. I took that bottle, open
it while he was down put it all in his face. (audience laughing, clapping) Empty that bottle. - You put shampoo in his eyes? - Yes, I did - Miss Willie, you've done this before. - No, no. - Miss Willie, this is... - And he was trying to get up. He was calling me real,
real bad, bad, bad words. - I bet he was. - I took- - Do you ever have shampoo in your eye? (audience laughing) - Mr. Harvey, I took that
broom while he was trying to- - You got a broom? - Yeah, and I'm tagging 'em,
tagging 'em, tagging 'em, tagging 'em, tagging 'em, tagging 'em. (audience clapping) - Lemme ask something, Miss Willie. And where in him was
you jamming this broom? - Anywhere where it land. (audience laughing) - She done busted this boy
in the head with a table, jumped on him and started stomping him, got some shampoo and put it in his eye. You can't catch no more hell. And then she tried to be old and nice. Where you sticking 'em? Anywhere it land. (Miss Willie, audience laughing) Okay, now you got through jugging 'em. - Well the phone is an
old fashioned phone. - Girl, you ain't gonna
say nothing else, is you? - 911 heard me saying bad words 'cause I'm trying to get him out. - Oh, he was cussing at you? - Well, yeah, and I
was cussing right back. - There you go, that's
what I was talking about. (audience laughing, clapping) - But anyway, so the four police cars came and an ambulance, and- - That's really important. (Miss Willie laughing) Okay. - So the police officer, he
handcuffed the young man. And they said, "Oh, he's
got to go to the hospital." (audience laughing) - Yeah and it probably
wasn't from the shampoo. (Miss Willie laughing) I know why he went to that hospital. - He went, yeah, he went to the hospital. - [Steve] Yeah.
- Yeah. - Where is he now? - I have no idea. But he knows that he will
never come to my home again. (audience clapping, laughing) - Hey, you made it to
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