Court-side Dreamers Gifts

Snowball Basketball.

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, son. Someday you might sign autographs for money.'

'They were hoping to gradually introduce him to the pro game, but injuries left them no choice.'

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

"College basketball recruiters are after him."

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

'Wait!... I don't want to take Brady out right now. He's just getting into rhythm.'

"I'm less a role model than a cautionary tale."

Before getting a basketball scholarship, Jack worked at a pancake house.

Enjoying a picnic at the rugby ground

Basketball

Basketball.

Midnight Basketball

'Billy! Set your homework aside and get down here. There's another basketball recruiter here to see you.'

'My long-range goal is to turn pro and lead the league in product endorsements.'

'Billy - no! Do not ask for his autograph. He'll lose his natural fear of fans, become a nuisance, and then he'll need to be tranquilized and relocated to Europe.'

'He followed me home, Mom. Can I sign him to a five-year, $80-million contract?..'

"I'm running away to join the W.N.B.A."

Baseball Dreams

'I don't believe in pressuring my children. When the time is right, they'll arrive at the default choice and go to law school.'

'This game is going to be a character-building experience.'

'He's got a good attitude, and he's tall. But he's got to get into the weight room.'

"I'm going to shoot some hoops with members of the Flat Earth Society."

"Behind the back, between the legs, around my disappointed parents, nothing but net."

The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lawyer - "Father Desmond, we need an exorcism."

Not The Real Me

'Forget about hunting and gathering - I'm going to be a lawyer.'

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'

'Look, Your Honor -- We're both over-fifty white males, right?'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

"You want England to win what!? Put me back in the lamp!"

'I can't believe it, Bob Two seats for the NBA finals right on the half-court line!'

'I'm feeling a little remiss about missing both free throws.'

Athletic Darwinism.

'Just out of curiosity, do you have a best case scenario?'