"You show them better than you can tell them."

By JOHN WAWROW
AP Sports Writer

"I can't even explain it to you, he's like a miracle," Patricia Dugas said, her voice breaking in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. Everett's mother spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday, one day after doctors reversed Everett's grim prognosis when he voluntarily moved his arms and legs.

"That's right. They're surprised themselves," Dugas said. "They don't know Kevin Everett. Oh, man, I always told him when he was a little boy, 'You show them better than you can tell them.' He's going to be fine. I really believe it."