[Scott Garner]

Prior to my current occupation, I spent 11 great years in the restaurant business working as a waiter, captain and wine buyer. In my last harrah in the restaurant business, I acted as a captain and wine buyer for a fancy restaurant called The Ritz in Newport Beach, CA.

I recall working a large party of about 60-80 people in 1985 where the key note speaker was none other than Coach John Wooden. I made sure that I had an opportunity to listen to his speech as I was always a fan of UCLA basketball. His speech was impressive to say the least!

Afterwords, I had the opportunity to speak to him one on one. The impression that he left was so incredibly positive that it has never escaped me. He was bright, articulate and unbelievably humble.
The world will miss him greatly! God speed, John!