As a teacher and as a coach for 30 years, in a sense you are an actor. You're always performing. And getting up in front of a group of people has never bothered me.

David was a great listener. I would throw out a story here, a story there.

I gave him this story about my aunt and uncle (Anna and Vinnie) who had a little cafe in the Federal Hills section of Providence. All the wise guys would go in there and they befriended my aunt and uncle.