He always liked big things. It was characteristic of his collecting throughout. He enjoyed big pieces of furniture, big statues and big paintings. It was hard to sell him a small painting, small statue or even a chair.

At that time, we were only open twice a week, two hours a day, and had room for just 24 cars. There was no way of knowing in 1965 that anything was going to come of the place.

Traffic was blocked all the way into Santa Monica; it was a huge mess in both directions on Pacific Coast Highway.

The large pieces of furniture and the decorator items are the first to go.

We're going to make a big din before it's over,

He enjoyed what we did. He liked our methods, and he felt the things we do are what players like. And when he reinforces that to me, that helps me. Soccer aside, he's a friend. . . . I did my best to get him involved back in the game again. He was in kind of limbo a bit.