It was 10 minutes before the scheduled start time and the University Union Ballroom was packed with fans anxiously awaiting their champion – retired three-time World Wrestling Federation championship belt winner Mick Foley, also known as “Mankind.”

The show, put on by Sacramento State?s UNIQUE Programs, seemed to have a big effect on all the fans. At 7:30 p.m., a chant went up throughout the crowd: “Foley! Foley! Foley!” A few minutes later, Foley emerged triumphantly, wearing sweat pants, a polo shirt and a flannel over-shirt. The chant went on periodically throughout the show and Foley seemed to enjoy it.

Foley has written two autobiographies and both have hit number one on the New York Times bestsellers list. He said he didn?t know that to be on the New York Times bestsellers list meant anything until “The Today Show” called.

“The Today Show” doesn?t normally have wrestlers on the show, but after writing two bestsellers, it was time. Foley had been interviewed by Katie Couric before and loved the experience. When his second book came out and the show called, Foley requested Couric for the interview, and got her.

He told the crowd that he had been wearing the same clothes for two days because his shirt might have “Katie Couric?s follicles still on it.”

Foley has been all over the world including South Africa, Nigeria and Malaysia. He has given talks to Muslim leaders about the violence in the WWF. Throughout his travels he has realized that you have to “accept people for who they are.”

Acceptance was the main focus of the lecture. His stories about family, wrestling and Katie Couric all tied into this point.

“In life you have to know whose ass to kiss and when,” Foley said. “I sleep well at night because I make stands when they need to be made.”

The show was entertaining the whole way through. Foley talked about everything from family to wrestling.

Foley?s future plans include acting and the release of a fictional piece about love, hate and redemption.