Gary Strydom was on his way to the auditorium and got stopped by a couple of fans outside who asked him a question and Gary ended up in that same spot three hours later with a decent crowd gathered around answering all the questions thrown at him until the promoter broke it up to let him know that he was needed in the auditorium to pass out the trophies.
That was "cool".
Porter Cotrell walked into the gym to train one evening and saw a group of people waiting there to meet and talk with him. He spent over two hours talking to the fans and answering all their questions before getting to his workout.
That was "cool".
Arnold stopped a newspaper interview to come over and talk to me about old times for about 15 minutes before finishing his interview.
That was "cool".
Cory Everson was on stage at the Arnold giving a seminar and saw me sitting in the rear of the audiance. She stopped mid way through her talk and came down to give me a big hug and show me photos of her kids and talk about our missing years.
That was "cool", but I was embarrassed while everyone turned to look to see what was so "important". Cory simply explained that we were friends who hadn't seen each other for a while and the audiance accepted that and waited patiently.
Put Bob Paris in a tank of dolphins once and he spent 15 minutes communicating with one.
That was "cool".
Did the same with Cory and one dolphin wouldn't let her leave the tank.
That was "cool".
Spent a half day with Steve Reeves a couple of years before he passed away.
That was "cool".
Spent three hours sitting beside Sergio while he yelled for Arnold to go on that stage and pose against him. In between those yells, we had a great conversation.
That was "cool".
Sat on the Venice "sea wall" with Serge Nubret and talked all afternoon about his difficulties with Weider and the IFBB.
That was "cool".
Gave some minor advice to a famous Olympian and after winning the title he told me that my advice was a major factor in winning that trophy.
That was "cool".
