So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

History passes the final judgment

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.