

Damon Fleming: Shoeshine Master, "Honest Hustler"
Basketball runs through Damon Fleming’s body up into his fingertips. As a kid he wanted to play in the NBA. He discovered he had natural basketball talent. He once scored sixty-two points in a dustbowl tournament on the south side of town. The year was 1984. He was fifteen years old.
Jump ahead six years to a carwash in Salt Lake City, Utah. Damon found himself shining shoes. Not just any shoes – really, really large shoes.
Damon’s first paid customer was “The Mailman” –