Autographs: What are your best/worse experiences?
By Cheesehead06
@Cheesehead06 (219)
United States
August 23, 2006 3:39pm CST
I collect basketball and football autographs. I have a fairly nice collection and have had some great experiences and some bad ones. In fact here is my best/worse signer list based on my experiences.
BEST SIGNERS
Sam Hurd Dallas Cowboy receiver. Met him at training camp in Oxnard last week. Signed for everyone and thanked them for coming to practice.
Terrance Newman Cowboys D Back. Signed for everyone and joked with people while doing it.
Curtis Martin NY Jets: All around nice guy.
Pete Carroll USC Head Coach Very friendly and a true people person.
Ron Artest: I was surprised. He is very friendly and bright.
WORST SIGNERS
Terrell Owens: Tried three times and he ignored everyone.
Michael Jordan: Walks past people like they have BO.
Ahmad Rashaad: Sends his Muslim bodyguards to push you away.
Reggie Bush: Refuses but is nice. Does sign for money at shows.
Allen Iverson: Saw him at an exhibition NBA game in Norfolk, VA. This is not far from his hometown of Newport News. Basically everyone came to see him and when he saw the fans he got on his cell phone and ignored them.
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@zeeterman (1066)
• United States
14 Nov 06
MY BEST SIGNERS:
Mr T.
He's a super friendly guy in real life and does alot of charity work. Gladly signs multiple items.
Virginia Hey (actress from Farscape).
She is very friendly and warm and writes long sentences and signs in the most beautiful handwriting ya ever saw!
Dirk Benedict (actor from The A-Team and Battlestar Galactica). Dirk is one of those people who loves to gab. He's not a snob like you may expect. He asks YOU about your life. He's real interested in people. All around great guy and fabulous signer.
@courtlynne77 (4839)
• United States
22 Oct 06
My husband got Joey Porter's in downtown Pittsburgh and he was really nice. My little brother use to be a big wrestling fan and I saw the Undertaker at a grocery store in Fl. and got his autograph for my brother. I felt bad about it later though because I read a article about him that said his biggest pet peeve is people approaching him in stores and asking for his autograph.
@was813 (64)
• United States
23 Aug 06
I never did too many in person, but did send in via mail when I was younger. Shaun Alexander not only signed but sent a few extra signed cards as well.
As for personal experience my best experience was Muhammad Ali. He was in Chicago O'Hare airport and we happend to run across him. He was doing some magic tricks for people there.
Ali's assistant was handing out cards about his religion that were supposably signed by him, but I was one of the few who got an actual signature from him along with a picture of him acting like he is punching me in the face. Obviously with his disease he has a hard time signing anything and I felt pretty special that day.
@DRoddy77 (1776)
• United States
20 Oct 06
i guess my worst experience was when I was on the Jenny Jones show. Jenny Jones was too stuck up to even sign any autographs for her own guests!!..She's the only one Ive had a bad experience with. Ive met a lot of different metal bands and gotten autographs with no problem.
