“He never felt that he deserved all the accolades,” Cotton recalled. “He almost felt guilty that he got all of that praise and publicity and honor. He was guilty because—for whatever reason one feels that one doesn’t deserve some praise.… If I had to, I could document it, but I wouldn’t want to.” Coretta felt similarly, calling her husband “a guilt-ridden man” who “never felt he was adequate to his positions.”
