Lewis Howes drove with his mother to meet Howard Cosell as a teenager and convinced him to do an impromptu interview. The LA Times covered it, which led to interviews with Woody Hayes and Joe Namath and launched his early career in sportscasting.
So I called my mom, who never left the house, was always there. And I said, mom, I never asked you for anything, but I've got a private interview with Howard Cosell. And I did not have a private interview. You told her you did? Yeah. So she drives me down. It's about a two hour drive to get here. And I go up and I'm watching. He's on this little dais and these people are standing in line and, you know, getting a book signed. And this older woman walks up to him and had not bought a book with a napkin and said, would you please sign? He goes, I only sign books, ma'. Am. So I finally push through the crowd. I'm this little guy, and I got my microphone and I hand him my card and I say, sir, sir, I'd like to interview you. I'm interested in becoming a sportscaster. I want to know what makes the difference there and everything else. He looks around the audience and he saw the moment and he used it. And he said, young man, I'll give you an interview. So we're standing here by the towels and like that, he puts his leg up and he goes, tell me your questions. So the next day, the LA Times wrote an article about this kid. Talked about how the woman couldn't get an autograph, but this kid got this interview, right? And then I started getting interviews with Woody Hayes and Joe Namath and all these people at 14 years old. And so that was going to be my target.
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