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Dime: Do you remember the exact moment that you realized you were on to something special with your quest to build the "Field of Dreams"
for sneakerheads? JG: I knew that I was onto something even before I built the place. I had a vision of a place that would bring people back to their child- hoods. My vision was to make a giant art project, using Nikes as my paint and my warehouse as my canvas. I thought all along, "If you build it, they will come." When Mark Parker, Tinker Hatfield, Sandy Bodecker, Nelson Farris, Eric Sprunk, Rick Shannon, and Michael Leming visited me on Nike's private jet, I accomplished my goal. In an interview, Hatfield said he can't imagine any collector having as much recall as me or having done that amount of research in the first place. I think he said it best: "You just single-handedly brought back the best memories I've ever had in my life."
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