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2:05:25
- his coach is stingy and selfish.
- My coach is not -

2:05:28
he just want William
to run out there and play-

2:05:31
- My coach is not stingy and selfish.
- Yes, he is!

2:05:34
The day she was gonna be born
I told him he had to be there.

2:05:38
I don't care what his coach say.
I know the game was important.

2:05:42
But this was more important,
and his coach doesn't see it like that.

2:05:48
I just can't miss a game...
2:05:50
just because, you know,
an incident occur...

2:05:54
unless it was like a death
or somethin' like that.

2:05:57
This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.
Ain't like the girl was born every day.

2:06:01
That's what I was tryin' to get you to say.
2:06:05
Especially around that time
of the year too - state tournament.

2:06:09
It was simply out of the question.
2:06:14
he tells me,
"Well, it'll benefit us in the future. '"

2:06:17
I'm, like, "But what about now?"
2:06:20
he keeps sayin' in the fu -
2:06:22
Basketball was my ticket
out of the ghetto.

2:06:25
If I wouldn't have been playin'ball,
I would not even be goin'to college.

2:06:29
I'm goin' to college, and I have a daughter.
So what's my excuse?

2:06:33
- Because the situations are much different.
- No, it's not.


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