It doesn't matter about money and fame and whatever. I really don't care about that. My thing is, I'm happy that I'm able to have kids have a hero and have someone that they can look up to.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't really care about having more fame than I have.
It's not always about the money and the fame, and a lot of people think that it is sometimes.
I don't think fame is that important to me.
I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.
It's easy to be famous today. People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me. They were mostly working-class.
I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.
Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.
People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.
My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.
Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.