I think we need to give his wife, Opal, a little credit. She's always right in there, his right arm anyway.

William's been working here at the Food Center with us for a good many of years, and I know he's been in a lot of pain with his knees and yet he still, he's usually one of the last ones people see as they leave with their food and he's always got a smile on his face, he always wishes them a happy day, it's just his whole personality, he's that way in other places too.

I stood in front of Sony (Music headquarters) out here, I stood right in front of the building with a jam box and a tape player, singing my heart out,

[He was right. In those first days after the President's admission to the nation, even his staunchest supporters had been scarcely able to contain their rage.] I wish, ... I had the guts to tell him what I really think.

These were guys who just wanted to do the right thing. They were under this huge pressure. They were being threatened. We never knew.

When he did get out, he talked to me and told me he did want to do right and apparently it didn't happen. He gave me the impression he was going to change his life for the better.