I have grown so much, and particularly these last couple of years, that I know that what some people believe about me has nothing to do with my true value. It goes back to the man from La Jolla who instantly judged me and my character based simply upon where I began. He knew absolutely nothing about me but that I was born in Bakersfield in the late '40s and that my family came there from Oklahoma to find work. To him the case was closed.

Were he to know Jenna and that I make her happy, he would have to suspect that there may be some substance to me. I'm going to tell you about a very new and exciting place for me. That man didn't hurt me. In fact, he might have been the person who made me realize that I am proud of from where I came. I liken it to having run a touchdown from the opposite end zone.