“In early 1974 I walked up to Groucho’s house. I forget the address but it was quite a climb up the hill. Hillcrest, I think in Trousdale Estates. It was not at all easy. Steep and far away. I hiked onward and upward. I got to his house. I got to the door.
I was about to knock and I thought, ‘What on earth am I doing? I’m a stranger knocking on a celebrity’s door’. I chickened out and did not knock. The term ‘stalker’ was not in use then, but I felt like one. ‘What on earth are they going to think some fan knocking on the door?’
I walked back down the hill. I was at his door and stopped myself from moving ahead. I felt defeated. I was right there but stopped. I couldn’t really tell you why but I stopped that day. Oddly, I never stopped before. I met many powerful people as a young person.
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Because I dared to! One champion I met was runner Glen Cunningham. He survived major burns to his legs as a child and became a runner to heal. He was an American middle-distance runner and considered the greatest American miler of all time.
I got to sit in his hotel room and talked at length with him because I dared ask for him at his hotel. I was about 12 or 13 in 7th or 8th grade. I went to the desk. Asked. They called his room. Yes! He was very gracious and kind and spent a lot of time with a kid. Good man.
A friend asked me this when I posted a bit about my Groucho walk on FB. ‘Have you ever looked back and wondered how your life would have been different had you knocked?’ Yes many times. I have thought back to that moment and let it inspire me in the present.
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I always think if you want it ask for it! From that day at Groucho’s I have made it a point to ask and go for what I want. I have met and become friends with, studied with, been mentored by some of the top names in history and the world. I learned not to stop myself.
If you want to find it, look for it. And if you want it opened up to you, knock! I don’t share this to encourage anyone to stalk a celebrity. I share this to say, if it is good for you and others don’t let a mere thought stop you. Get it? I hope so. Please remember and celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes
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