He could still remember the first time they met.

I was walking over to the interns' dorm, and I remember seeing a guy, and he was very heavily muscled, short guy, huge biceps and pecs, wearing a tiny white sleeveless tank top T-shirt that barely concealed his massive muscles.

[laughs]

In Larry's opinion, it tied in with the cowboy persona.

You know, you'd say shooting from the hip, right? So, like, he'd make a quick decision, and probably more often than not, if it were 50/50, operate, not operate, he would operate.

You know? Like, "I'm gonna take him to surgery.

I'm gonna save his life." And maybe you might say, "Oh, you know, you're shooting from the hip," 'cause you're not really contemplating or thinking or ruminating.

He was certain, and right or wrong, I'm doing it, and if I'm wrong, I'm probably not gonna admit I'm wrong.