Bruce Buffer

you're not supposed to know that right i have to get my job done have you missed an event like i missed an event once i was like the cal ripken i was just going for the perfect record and during the heavy time of covet i got coveted and i couldn't go do a show in abu dhabi that was and because believe me sick wise i still want to get in there and done it but you know you can't go give covet to everybody yeah i feel like even the fighters would be phased a guy who's fought 26 times and then you're not in there with him like a khabib you know what i mean like i think it'd just be so different

One of the greatest comments, there's a few things.

When a young kid, boy or girl, comes up to you and asks for a picture or an autograph, it's like one of the most pleasurable moments to know that you can fulfill that kid's thing.

Because if you don't do that, you're going to make a bad impression.

When I was five, I was in a hotel in Philadelphia, Marriott Hotel, with my brother Brian, who was seven.

And a tall black man walked in the lobby and I recognized him from TV and I said, dad, look.

And he goes, son, go say hi.

So I went over to say hi.

He spent like five or 10 minutes with us talking.

His name was Cassius Clay.

Right?

That had an impression on me who became, for those who don't know, Muhammad Ali.

And that had a huge impression on me.

And I remember that to this day.

And I remember when I met John Wayne, I remember the impression that had on me at like 10 years old during a premiere of True Grit.

So-

I don't care when I'm walking through the audience, I see that little hand sticking out, you know, I, no matter what, I will make sure to give him the time of day.

But when that happens or a fighter comes up and as has happened many times, you know, you really got me going.

I mean, that's the ultimate compliment.

Yeah.