Somebody messes with me, l’m gonna mess with him.

Somebody steals from me, l’m gonna say ‘you stole’, not talk to him for spittin’ on the sidewalk.

You understand?

Now, l have done nothing to hurt these people. But they’re angered at me.

So what do they do?

Doctor up some income tax, for which they got no case, to annoy me.

To speak to me like men? No. To harass a peaceful man.

l pray to God that if l ever have a grievance,

l would have just a little more self respect.

l’ll tell you one more thing.

ln an all-out prize fight, when one guy’s left standing, that’s how you know who won.

And then? And then when I walked down the street people would’ve looked and they would’ve said there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game.

Back off, man. I’m a scientist.

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