By the way ALL of the people I mention I've worked with at one time or another, not just saw at the mall or in a restaurant. I do not ask for autographs ever except from Muhammed Ali and Jake LaMotta and only after they asked me for mine. Other than those two I have never had got an autograph. I usually do not ask to take a pic with others. I have with a few but most of them a photographer asks or someone else. Many of the pics I have are from others and they send me a copy. I have never taken any with my own camera except a few. You have to understand what I looked like. I was not a bodybuilder but I was big, muscular and strong. People seemed to like that. I was not fat. So I stuck out like a sore thumb in most cases. And these stars or whatever seem to like that. I just so happen to draw attention. Hey when you can get Muhammed Ali to ask you for your autograph something must be going good.
Some of the biggest names I have ever met; Ali, LaMotta, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Reggie Jackson, Steve Carlton, Bjorn Borg, Vitas Geralitis, Vijay, Rod Laver, OJ, Dr. J, Rick Barry, John Havlecheck(?) (played basketball on the same team with all 3..unreal), Arnold, Louie, (many other BB's), Kaz, Deacon Jones, all the Raiders and other players, many other Baseball players, Wilt Chamberlin, Leslie Nielson, Stallone, Norris, VanDamme, and a bunch of others. Ali is the most special of them all. It has been alot of years since seeing any of these people, but I bet if you mention my name to them most of them would remember and if not if you say the "big armwrestler" then I bet everyone of them would remember. Okay enough bragging.