"Antwain Jimmerson had known Felix Jones for years, ever since they spent their days attending the same church in Tulsa. Jimmerson was a family friend of the Jones’ family, and knew that some day Felix would play football for him at Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington High School.

Of course, since Felix was an eighth-grader at this particular time, knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, and football wasn’t on the list. Football ranked somewhere on the priority list between eating vegetables and taking out the trash.

“Coach, once I get to high school I’m going to play basketball,” Jones told Jimmerson. “I’m a basketball player.”"