Hey right.

Mm hmm.

Okay.

Yeah, I wish I could fly.

It's like a fly.

Everything will be fine.

Mm hmm.

My name is Clinton Brown 3rd.

I am 34 years old.

I'm from long island New York and I happen to be a little person.

Mhm.

How do I feel like society views little people with discounted?

We've discounted a lot.

Ah The word midget, sudden shivers.

It's like, well you're an object.

You're not human society teaches a certain perspective, but it doesn't teach the little person perspective part superman parts room.

It's going to the Super Bowl.

The world is built for 12 people.

I think it's up to the little person to carve their own way.

Clinton got the deluxe package.

He had club feet, dislocated hips, dislocated knees.

He had severe scoliosis.

And kai infosys scoliosis is the s of the spine that the chi focuses the bowing of the spine.

I've had 30 surgeries, 30 at the end of the day.

I feel it's made me the strong person that I am.

I work in finance for a cable television company.

I think naturally habitually I've always been somebody who wanted to get up, go and tackle the world, you know, make an impression.

Mm hmm.

Whether I'm this high or six ft 10.

Mm hmm.

Mhm.

About six years ago we started a little person basketball.

Eight guys.

All we wanted to do was play sports.

We love basketball.

Come on.

Justin Tompkins has always been lightning on the court call.

Toya was always a defensive specialist.

Khan has become the captain Danny was always the glue held between together john is quick and he's a sharpshooter.

Blaze is the power forward can shoot the midrange.

Yeah.

All right.

Teddy was the baby at 1st and now he's the Joker.

Not only is Jack the new kid, but Jack is where everybody else was seven years ago.

And I've always been the uh the architect.

Mm hmm.

Every personality and every person that gets added to us becomes part of the family.

Good job.

I know he's only because I'm not now lost the sheets.

All right.

No way.

Alright.

20 2016, 2016 Towers right here.

Mm hmm.

We're gonna prepare.

Like we've always prepared individuals practicing on your own because we don't see each other much during the year.

I think Justin 23 years old, I live in um Upper West side Douglas projects.

I always played my hardest.

I always feel like I have to prove something the towers and they gave me a lot more confident ever since that first convention, seeing the little people like interacting, playing basketball.

I thought wow like anybody could do anything that they want.

As long as they keep trying L.

P.

A.

Convention.

It's kind of like a spring break because it's the time that you get to spend with people who are really judging you for how you look right.

You're not the different person, you blend in with the crowd.

It brings a lot of woo your character out of you.

I think drinking out of so you want to get that soccer ball.

I would love the kids song.

Is it right there.

Go get it right.

I want to see if it's right over the fence.

Let's get over and hop on that roof and then hop over.

You can't do that.

Yeah, mm hmm.

Stop shaking it.

They're making you mhm.

You see a soccer ball.

Yeah, but how the hell am I getting importance in your back neighbor's yard?

There he goes, there's a dog.

There's a dog.

I befriended their dog.

I think I need a hip replacement.

Good.

I'm glad we got the ball.

Yeah.

At the same time that the towers became a family, I met my future wife and at that point in time in my life I didn't know if I was ever going to find a significant honor and when I met Sophia, there was no other questions I couldn't ask for anything more and it's accessible.

Yeah, we like that.

Our first official date Clinton showed up to my house in a full suit With a one rose on valentine's day and took me to dinner.

That set the stage for the last six years.

I would love to have a family.

I would love to have a family.

I will be honest and say that I am very, very scared to be pregnant.

I don't know what that means really for me, there can be a lot of complications with stuff like especially if you're a little person, but like when we get there, we'll figure it out.

But I think that we're both excited to maybe start that for us.

I think we're also open for adoption too.

Oh yeah, definitely.

Probably.

I mean specifically a little person, definitely a little person in a from a country that um shandong and let them grow up in a warm household.

I think that would be special to us.

I think that would be so special.

Mhm.

Yeah.

So that's something else that we might look forward to.

So we'll see where the chips fall.

Right.

Yeah.

How many of them make sure you're calling it?

You're right, you're a little person in high school.

You are out of certain things because you physically can't compete in sports.

I think the future of the towers can be a real walmart zone defense in football.

You got this the safety drops back and he's got this whole area that he has to cover the same thing with basketball.

You can do it.

We've brought on younger guys, younger athletes to see that the war model of the older guy.

I can show them that there's a path.

Oh in the wash.

Yes, beautiful.

Yeah.

How about that?

I come out to my clothes folded and my coaching outfit.

I got it made.

I got it absolutely made.

Thanks Dad.

Always looking thank you cowbells.

I'm a lucky man brother and you gotta bring a pair of your babalu pants.

This is what I call you babaloo pants because they're like Ricky ricardo.

Neither the softest racist bad boys ever.

They go on every trip.

The babalu pants go on every trip.

This you pair this with a nice airy button down.

You got yourself beautiful outfit.

Look at that.

I'm making a mess somewhere all over the world and country.

There's people just like me getting excited packing.

Like it's the best pack they've ever packed.

You know what I'm saying?

So it's pretty neat.

Then last year was the first year the Towers ever swept all sports.

We won every team sport last year.

Yeah, I would like to do the same.

I sometimes my goals are a little lofty, but if you don't shoot for this guy, you're never gonna get it.

You put your foot on the pedal and you guessed it.

Mhm.

Mhm.

Yeah.

Yes, Yeah, I love you guys have fun.

Okay, all right, Good to see you.

I think it's important and it's fun to be around people who are like you or physically like you.

Mhm.

And that are going through the same thing that you are in your life.

You know, it's great to see that.

I think in all sports, we're gonna come out guns blazing and I'll be damned if we come away with anything less than we deserve.

Yeah, mm hmm.

Mhm.

Mm hmm.

The Towers are the champions for the last five years, but you can never underestimate anything.

Thank you.

Come on.

Okay.

We're trying to take your crown.

We're trying to, you know, dethrone you the build up for this one week is just tremendous.

You really gonna make your mark whoo.

Yeah.

What's that look?

Eight more minutes.

Okay.

Five oh, oh, wow.

Huh.

Oh yeah, yep.

Yeah.

Mm hmm.

Right.

All of our, well, I got a good picture here on that famous throw it at your back, coming home as you know, a bit of depression to it.

A couple of weeks and a couple of months that will all go away and you know, you'll look forward to the next gathering.

Mm hmm.

What?

Mm hmm.