Pac-Man Jones

He don't even want to play football no more.

I don't even think my parents knew

how good I was until probably about sixth or seventh grade.

Now, they knew I was good, because everybody who was like, well, them Jones boys, boy, they the top in everything.

But once we hit eight, nine, 10, I mean, 10 years old, playing AAU basketball, going to the national championship,

Then my grandma was like, when Holyfield come to your house in the limo, like, hey, can this kid come play with us at Old National?

I think that's when my grandma was like, oh, shit, this motherfucker pretty good, huh?

But before then, it was just like, we're going to keep your ass out of trouble.

We're going to go up here and play every sport.

You know what I mean?

But about that 9, 10 age, I think she knew.

When Holyfield came to our projects in the limo, after we played them at Sandtown Park,

and begged my grandma for me to go play with Old National Knights.

I think that was the spark that my grandma was like, oh yeah, you're gonna make it.

Well no, we was their rival team.

I played at Sandtown, so that's like,

Campton Road, Old National is where Old National Knights was at.

So we was like the best two team.

We had them beat them two times in the championship.

And I guess it got to the point, he's like, bro, we gotta come get you to play with Ella, bro, you gotta talk to my grandma.