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I meet Andre the Giant when I was 9 years old. He actually talked with me and my dad for a few minutes and shook my hand. Was really nice with the biggest hands

• vinbreau 11y ago
  My father brought me to see him wrestle around the same age as you. This would have been during his days wrestling in Houston. Andre picked me up and commented how small I was. I remember him being really nice to us, very friendly. I was scared at first but left with a great impression of him.
• flomo 11y ago
  A friend of mine has a great picture of himself at about that age with Andre's humongous hand on top of his head. But, I'll be honest, at that age, I thought the guy was a slob and not a good professional wrestler. (And even then, everyone knew it was 'fake'.) I gather when New York rented him out to the territories, he didn't work very hard. There is a great examination of the Giant in "Modern Drunkard Magazine". http://www.drunkard.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html http://www.drunkard.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html
  • baldfat 11y ago
    > The key to Andre the Giant is this — even as a youth he knew that his disease would dramatically shorten his life. He knew there was no cure, and lived every day with the understanding that death could shamble around the very next corner. Knowledge of this sort can darken a life.