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Sell the red off a brick

Posted by ESC on July 29, 2006

SELL THE RED OFF A BRICK - "Williams describes drug dealing as part of a lifelong affinity for business. 'I was always into some type of business,' he said. 'I would sell you the red off a brick. I practiced business habits, entrepreneurial things.'" Former NFL running back Sherman Williams, now serving time in prison for drug dealing, quoted in an Associated Press story on July 25, 2006.

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