07-31-2022, 04:15 PM
(07-31-2022, 02:04 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: RIP to Bill Russell. As a young kid, I went to a celebrity Golf Tournament in SC. It was after Jordan's first or second year. I asked MJ for an autograph and got one. Still have the picture too. My dad pointed out Bill Russell to me. I had no idea who Russell was besides being an older ex-big NBA player at the time. I asked Russell for his autograph and he looked me in the eye and in a nice voice said he doesn't give autographs and said "no thank you". For years, I held it against him on how he could refuse a 10 year old kids simple request. Only years later did I fully understand how much autograph requests can be beatdowns. I haven't asked for an autograph in probably 25 years. Later as I got older, I developed an appreciation on how good he was as a basketball player. Much later, I developed a much greater appreciation on how good he was off the court. What a fascinating life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT5GlgXrX-0
My Dad would fly out of DFW for business very frequently and would run into athletes and celebrities every once in a while. Once, he was telling us about how he ran into Emmitt Smith and my mom asked why he didn’t get an autograph. He just didn’t want to bother the guy. I didn’t get it when I was a kid but I definitely do now.
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- IamDougieFresh (05-20-2023, 04:39 AM)
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