Steve Spurrier. He sponsored me and a friend for a cancer swim-a-thon when I lived in Durham growing up. He had just signed with Florida but hadn't moved from North Carolina yet.

Christian Laetner, Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill. I swam for a USS team that was associated with Duke. The basketball players came in to use the Duke weight room just after we finished pre-morning work out weight training. Laetner also liked coming into the pool to jump off the high dives.

Matt Stinchcomb/Mike Bobo/Jonas Jennings. UGA football players I happened to have a class with when I was at UGA. My wife did much better in that regard, she sat next to Champ Bailey in an abnormal psychology class.

Jeff George. Lived in a neighborhood where I lifeguarded at the neighborhood pool (when he was with the Falcons). he came by 4-5 times while I was there that summer. Liked to chat.

Didn't really talk to them, but when I was lifeguarding at the Standard Club in Atlanta, Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller came in after a round of golf and swam around in the pool for a while. This was during the Atlanta Olympics. I think a good chunk of the team played golf there that day but only those two came to the pool.

I met many olympic swimmers at various swim meets. Janet Evans was the biggest name. Eric Shanteau was on one of the teams I swam for. His older brother was a pretty good friend of mine so I knew the kid pretty well. He won a gold medal as part of a relay team. Got some publicity for competing in the games a week after getting diagnosed with cancer.