Being a Duke University fan my favorite success would be from Coach K, the men's basketball coach. I have met several players over the years and where I used to work in Oxford, NC a local attorney got a Duke basketball player to work for him every year. This year it is going to be one of the Plumlee brothers. Anyway, I wrote to Coach K one year and a few weeks later received a signed 8 X 10 photo personalized to me. A few days after that I got an e-mail from his assistant and his daughter on his behalf thanking me for the letter I wrote to him. Evidently he shared it with them and his family. His daughter was very thankful and all around nice.
This one will also be my favorite TTM when hopefully I get it back. It is from Torry Holt, hopefully future NFL HoFer. My wife and I met him at a Holt Foundation dinner and we took a picture with him and his wife. I sent that photo to the Holt Foundation and hopefully it will come back signed.