He led a dizzying, confusing life. Dealing with the mainstream world was difficult. He was caught between American Indian systems, as it were, and the mainstream. |
He was very accepting of everything and everyone. You could call it simplistic; his daughter Grace ... calls it, especially near the end of his life, fatalistic. He just loved to compete anywhere, anytime. |
If there had been endorsements back then, he'd have more than [Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan put] together. He was such an unusual guy, such an eye-catcher. |