He's quoting (or paraphrasing) Papa John. I think it's to discuss how ignorant I am being for asking if Fukudome faced additional difficulties beyond the stupid headbands and shirts (and man, would there have been a far different media climate surrounding that today, whereas 10 years ago it was mostly shrugged off, beyond Kosuke apparently publicly condemning the 'horry kow' shirt, which was hideous even at the time). FTR, it was an earnest question, I didn't know if I missed something else.