Eliot Daley, Fred Rogers’s old friend and former executive at Small World Enterprises, says: “I would describe him as the ultimate ‘what you see is what you get,’ with one exception. What most people couldn’t see in Fred was his enormous power. Power. Capital P. Fred is the most powerful person I have ever known in my whole life. . . . I’ve dealt with a lot of people whom the world regards as powerful. None of them could hold a candle to Fred’s power. . . . “His power derived from a really unique place. It was his absolute self-possession, which is very different from self-interest or
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