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Message: [QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2693796, member: 7631"] There was a Sports Illustrated story on Andre the Giant, maybe early 80's. Andre really liked to go out drinking, and evidently most nights, some seriously compromised guy in the bar would pick a fight with him. IIRC, the writer of the article was absolutely incredulous when it happened one night when he was on the story. The aggressor wound up being thrown into a wall ten feet or so away. People don't realize that, even if the fights weren't real, the athletes were. There's a great 30 for 30 on Ric Flair. He talked some about training with Verne Gagne. That was jaw-dropping. [/QUOTE]