galt gave him the flag, the head boxing coach. pappy came to me after the demonstration, and he said, john, i can't see i agree with what you did, i can't say i disagree with what you did, but what i can say is you're going to have to have a way to feed your family. i have a plan. his plan was to give george foreman that flag in that ring. so he invited myself, my wife, tommy and his wife. we were getting to go. then my god stepped in one more time and said, no, i'm going to make it impossible for you to go. and i sit back now in my old age and say thank god that you was on your job and blocked us from going. not to say that pappy put us in harm's way or had he thought about putting us in harm's way. but just the mere fact that we did this demonstration and they had george with the flag, you know, it was like piranha. all they had was that one dude to come approaching us, and everybody in that boxing arena would have jumped on us. i don't be concerned about me, but i'm always concerned about the women in my life. so i just say thank god that you protected us and kept us away. no disrespect to those young students, but i say thank