"All I can say is that I'm sorry for your bad experience. I would've thought better of him."
You know at the time I was taken aback but I thought about it later its not a big deal. It was just one of those moments in your life that remains crystal clear. He is still a Hero. Its just the whole dynamic of putting someone up on a pedestal and then being dissapointed when they fall. I am sure it happens a lot.
Pappy is famous for saying: "Just name a hero and I'll prove he's a bum." Its on the back of his book.
Besides He is still a personal hero :)
Perhaps that is what he thought of himself. And, if so, how sad that he thought this. It is unimaginable to me that a man of such accomplishments had such a low opinion of himself.