Narrated by Public Enemy's Chuck D, the documentary traverses Haywood's life from his humble beginnings in Mississippi r | dG1fOWNyc0JfaHFCU3M
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00:00Silver City was the poorest county, I think, in the United States.
00:18My mother was picking cotton for two dollars a day since she was three years old.
00:25And that was our source of income.
00:29He was born with extra joints on each finger.
00:32I was told as a kid, you're going to be the best cotton picker.
00:37Little did I know that these hands were for something else.
00:43He loved to play basketball.
00:45We would play all day into the night.
00:47We had an old rubber ball, we were just playing.
00:51I was shocked and amazed at this guy's ability.
00:54He went to the Olympics, scored 144 points.
00:59Colleges everywhere wanted this young man.
01:02He saw what he needed to do, and he was willing to fight for it.
01:09I don't think he realized the cost.
01:14He set the stage, every way when he was setting the stage.
01:18Can something good come out of a place called Silver City?
01:22The name of that something good is Spencer Haywood.