Clinton: Back in about ‘03 or ‘06, I was teaching a girl whose dad was the offensive line coach for the university [of Wyoming]. She was about to move to Washington with her mom since, well, her parents were divorced, but she was going to the high school I went to as a kid: Kentwood Highschool. I offered to call the school to give her a welcome when she arrived.

She was kind of a quiet kid; it was a new town that was scary for her and I just knew the school, so it was a nice gesture. But, anyway, her father ended up coaching for the Broncos and then for the Atlanta Falcons. He ended up contacting me and asked if there was anything he could do to pay the favor back. Well I said if he could get me like a football signed by Michael Vick. That would be something.  

He was known as a good quarterback at the time. But, he went and got in trouble in ‘06 for dog fighting which was after we got the football and photo. He was given another shot at playing around ‘09. Andy Reid, the guy who coaches the Chiefs--he was the coach at Philadelphia gave Vick another chance. He had some good years there. 

Josh: I know we [my brothers and I] used to throw the football around when we were younger, so that would affect the value, I'm sure.

Clinton: Yeah, throwing it around would ruin it since it would get oils and other stuff on it. Don't do that.

Josh: Well, I'm saying that is what we did. 

Clinton: Oh, well I didn't know that. 

Josh: We had three balls though, but you gave two away?

Clinton: Yeah, we gave one to a family friend's son, Falcon. You know, his name--Michael Vick--was at the Falcons.

Josh: Right, ha, I get it. But what about the other one?

Clinton: Actually, a few months ago I was at physical therapy and he was wearing an Atlanta Falcons jersey. I asked why he was wearing it, and he said he had some family from Atlanta, said he's a collector of sports memorabilia with a whole collection going. I told him I could give him one of the sets we had of the football and picture.

Josh: Oh, nice, I didn't know that. You aren't really a memorabilia kind of guy yourself. I mean, I don't really think you collect things like that.

Clinton: No, I've never really had a... I never really cared for those things. I mean, I have a couple jerseys like Seahawks jerseys for certain players when they were doing good but I never really had an interest in getting "memorabilia." It was a cool thing that happened because of the connections I had at the time. 

Josh: Right. I guess, today then, if you had the opportunity to get something, like a signed pro-athlete thing, would you even want that or?...