It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.

You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.

When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.

I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.

It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.