Hoop Dreams
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1:01:08
I really thought Curtis
was gonna make it.

1:01:13
But he didn't make it,
so I just wanted to try-

1:01:17
I just wanted this one to make it.
1:01:24
We were able to repair the cartilage.
1:01:27
Okay?
1:01:39
When basketball is over,
William may not have a friend in the world.

1:01:45
Curtis lost his job as a security guard...
1:01:49
and has been unemployed
for over four months.

1:01:52
Sometimes I sit around
and my eyes just kinda get watery...

1:01:56
'cause I be, like,
I ain't amounted to nothing.

1:02:00
You know, I ain't got nothing.
1:02:02
I can't even go out there and get a job
making seven dollars an hour.

1:02:10
I'll be sitting there telling myself,
"You ain't gonna get no better. '"

1:02:23
What did y'all tell me about
after y'all go to college and everything...

1:02:27
y'all get your own place?
1:02:29
We can all go to Arby's, baby.!
1:02:32
- And get fresh Matt's Cookies.
- And going toJewel's for our meat.

1:02:36
- That's a lot of food stamps.
- We ain't gonna need no food stamps.

1:02:43
Each day is a struggle.
1:02:46
Trying to deal with the kids'attitudes
as well as my own...

1:02:50
and trying to be strong enough
for them and myself.

1:02:53
- That is so neat.
- I forgot to turn in my work.

1:02:56
That is what you call a neat paper.
Yeah, that's neat.

1:02:59
Don't you say that about my son.

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