03-11-2014, 07:31 AM
Met up with a buddy yesterday who happens to live in Palo Alto despite being a product of U.S.C. He has never had any love for Stanford. We even went to the Arizona game together in 2011 and he downplayed how good Luck and Stanford were.
So anyway, he tells me how he saw Andrew at I think it was Trader Joe's the other day. And then he gushes about how great a guy he is. So I asked my friend if he talked to him. He said he didn't, just watched how Andrew interacted toward everyone who came up to him.
He said one woman asked to get a pic taken with him. Andrew obliged, my friend said, and ANDREW was the one blushing! He gave a kid a big hair rub, and was "the coolest and nicest guy you can imagine." Never heard my friend talk about any Stanford-related person with such reverence. He may not be a Stanford fan, but his experience with Andrew Luck certainly impacted what he thinks of Stanford and kind of re-set the bar for how people with Luck's accomplishments and celebrity should behave.
Not to get too esoteric here, but the fact Andrew Luck chooses to be the anti-celebrity, just trying to fit in and be "a regular guy" without playing up his fame, probably ensures he will be able to live as normal a life as is possible for someone with his celebrity. The "OMG, it's Amdrew Luck!" vibe won't exist too much if it's routine for him to be seen and for others to know this is how he acts and wants to live.Â
Hopefully this story and the promotion of it will help Andrew continue to live that normal life he so much wants to live.
So anyway, he tells me how he saw Andrew at I think it was Trader Joe's the other day. And then he gushes about how great a guy he is. So I asked my friend if he talked to him. He said he didn't, just watched how Andrew interacted toward everyone who came up to him.
He said one woman asked to get a pic taken with him. Andrew obliged, my friend said, and ANDREW was the one blushing! He gave a kid a big hair rub, and was "the coolest and nicest guy you can imagine." Never heard my friend talk about any Stanford-related person with such reverence. He may not be a Stanford fan, but his experience with Andrew Luck certainly impacted what he thinks of Stanford and kind of re-set the bar for how people with Luck's accomplishments and celebrity should behave.
Not to get too esoteric here, but the fact Andrew Luck chooses to be the anti-celebrity, just trying to fit in and be "a regular guy" without playing up his fame, probably ensures he will be able to live as normal a life as is possible for someone with his celebrity. The "OMG, it's Amdrew Luck!" vibe won't exist too much if it's routine for him to be seen and for others to know this is how he acts and wants to live.Â
Hopefully this story and the promotion of it will help Andrew continue to live that normal life he so much wants to live.