<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Auburn Hills, Michigan, November 2004. William Wesley, a middle-aged mortgage broker, runs onto the court to shield Ron Artest from a uniformed police officer wielding a can of pepper spray. Artest?s teammates are trading haymakers with fans; coaches and referees are struggling to restore order. The mortgage broker lunges forward and throws his hands in the cop?s face, and in the next instant, Pacers teammates Austin Croshere and Reggie Miller rush to restrain Artest. Through a tempest of tossed soda and popcorn, Wesley moves on to shepherding the Pacers? Jermaine O?Neal on the court. Once in the tunnel, O?Neal breaks free, but Wesley wraps him in a bear hug and drags him to the locker room. Two years later, when I ask Reggie Miller about Wesley?s presence on the court, he?ll say: ?What the hell is he doing out there in the middle of all that? I mean, what is he doing? He has no business out there! He injects himself into the middle of everything!? Others weren?t quite so surprised to see William Wesley?or Wes, as he?s known?in the middle of the fray. ?At any given time, if you look at any sporting event, there?s a very good chance you?re going to see Wes,? says NBA analyst David Aldridge. Over the years, Wes has been spotted hugging Jerry Jones on the field after a Cowboys Super Bowl win, high-fiving University of Miami football players after a national championship win, and embracing Joe Dumars after the Pistons won the NBA Finals. He?s been spotted sitting next to Jay-Z at the NBA All-Star Game, with Nike czar Phil Knight at the Final Four, and trolling the sidelines of Team USA practices in Las Vegas and Japan. ?People who really know Wes,? says superagent David Falk, Wes?s longtime friend, ?know that he?s one of the two or three most powerful people in the sport.? </div><a href="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_5735" target="_blank"> Source: GQ Magazine</a> Very long but amazing story/read. Amazing how he become so powerful and influentional from basically a nobody. Best line of the whole article: "I just know everybody"
