Pop John Paul 2 and Cardinal Bernadine

I shook JP2 hand at a session at the Vatican.

I had a bit of a conversation with Lech Walesa. It's surprising he would have been looked to as a leader of anything but back in those days it took more balls than brains to stand up to the Russians.

Finishing off the holy trinity of Polonia, I had dinner with Mike Krzyzewski and then hung out in the locker room the next morning as he broke down the tape for the next game against BC. He was shirtless the entire time. Chris Collins and Johnny Dawkins walked in later to say hi. The one thing that most sticks out to me is how much he hated Lucas Johnson from the Illini. We weren't even talking Illinois basketball and he was ranting about him.

I was in a strategy session with Emmanuel and one other person. I can't believe I had the balls to actually give him long winded advice. I was so young and dumb. To his credit, he did appear to listen although I'm sure he was internally cursing me.

I had a small group discussion with Al Gore when he was running for president. I actually cracked a joke. I liked him. He wasn't the stiff he is portrayed to be.

Sheesh....that's cool.

Who won? Word has is he's pretty competitive in that arena.

Are you serious? That's awesome.

I have an original photo of the Pope from his trip to Chicago in 1979 that was passed on to me by my grandmother, who was Polish. It's of him in his limousine waving to the crowd with his sombrero hat on.

It's ironic how bad the world has gotten since the good Pope left us.

Interesting fact about Karol Wojtiwa: It's been written about him that he had the ability to see actual spirits. I don't doubt it.

George H.W. Bush. He came to our High School in 1988.

Seemed like a nice guy.

Interesting picture of all the popular, good-looking gals in my Senior class smiling and holding up a BUSH sign in our yearbook.

How was meeting Randy Travis? I always thought he seemed like the squarest guy ever, like a random guy in the church choir. He apparently was anything but that in his younger years and the footage of him escaping from the police car and running down the road totally naked confirms it.

Bass player from Stained

So famous you don't even know his name.

Gale Sayers

Also, JORR.

So famous you don't even know his name.

Also so famous, that you don't know his band was called Staind.

Most Famous non-Athlete you’ve met:

off the top of my head...

John Candy: at the gas station on the corner of Deerfield and Sanders when he was filming Uncle Buck. We talked hockey for 20 minutes. Great guy.

Russell Crowe in downtown Naperville

Is this like when Michael Scott thought Johnny Depp lived in his townhome complex?