"I love Bob Ross so much. In my bad days I ... cry at his kind voice and beautiful paintings; he’s so calming and reassuring. I become a happy little tree every time I hear him."
"I'm from Eastern Europe and I love this guy. I'm really bad at drawing and it was never my passion (maybe at some point when I was a kid but it doesn't really matter). My point is, even though I'm not an artsy person, I just love listening to his voice. It calms me."
"I lost my mother to cancer in 1983, when I was five. Somehow I didn't grieve the way you would think a five-year-old would. I didn't cry a lot; didn't act out; didn't fight with my brothers or my dad. A few months after that, my grandma took me ... to see a taping of Mr. Rogers. There were maybe 10 other kids there. After the taping, Mr. Rogers sat on a set of steps on the set, and each child went up to talk with him one on one. When it was my turn, I went up. He greeted me by name and told me how happy he was to meet me. He said he understood that someone very close to me had died. I started crying. Mr. Rogers gave me a hug, and told me, 'Sometimes we lose people who are very important to us. It's very sad when it happens, and it's okay to be sad. It's okay to cry.' He then asked me if I could tell him a story about my mother, which I did. He told me, 'That was a very nice story. Thank you for telling me about her.' He gave me another hug and sent me off. I absolutely cannot think of a moment that had more impact on my life than that."
"Celebrities love ... working with him, he does a lot of his own stunts and is an extremely disciplined martial artist and actor, regular people love him, [and] he's extremely kind and charitable. He's like the quiet, weird, nice kid in school version of a Hollywood actor."
"I’ve lived in two foreign countries, where people would complain about American movies and all things American ad nauseam, until Hanks showed up. 'Ooh, Tom Hanks,' the universal remark."
"Even for people that don't like his movies or acting in particular, I'd say they're generally aware of all the charity and stuff he gives away to deserving people, and has been completely scandal free as far as I know. Beyond that, he is always smiling and speaks in a way that people enjoy listening to, both his voice and manner of communicating. Highly likable guy."
Gregg Doyel flashed a heart sign at Caitlin Clark at her introductory press conference on Wednesday afternoon to kick off an incredibly strange back-and-forth.