. >> it was a year i was rated ahead of pete rozzel, n.f.l. commissioner. >> going back to my dad's admonitions, which were two treasure relationships, especially family, and making a significant difference in the time you live in by helping people who can help themselves. we never advertised power. you can either use influence to help people, or you can talk about it, and dealing with powerful men, i didn't talk about it. i saw it as power to do good. i never confused myself with public perception or the public me. i knew that newspaper clippings and awards and all the rest of it were ephemeral. so you can put your name on a building thinking you win immortality, and a larger donor comes along. they are like castles on the beech. to meet friendship, making a difference were the keys. a lot of fans have the hard time seeing players come from other leagues. it happened in n.b.a. guys getting all the money before they played a second at the professional level. we saw it with the yankees. they signed masahiro tanaka from japan. does too much mone