I've worked with the Cousteaus and dived with Jean-Michel and Dr. Richard "Murph" Murphy, Wyland asked me to be his dive buddy so we could film giant sea bass, I filmed great whites alongside Dr. Guy Harvey and contributed footage to his TV episode about that trip, I chatted with Zale Perry at our own Casino Point Dive Park, I know Lorraine Sadler and used to work with her, I worked with Dr. Sylvia Earle on early Cousteau programs in the 70s and she was a member of the board of directors at the small school I taught at back then, have met many other greats in SCUBA...
not bad for a guy who does 95% of his diving solo.