"But life doesn't have to break you, kid. It can make you instead. My mother chose a different route, a better route. Rosie. Me. Mickey. Pete. Francie. We all chose different routes that made us, man. We took those tough trials and made somethin' better out of it. We became better people in our own way. We used all those trials to teach us good lessons about discipline and love and forgiveness and stuff. In a way, we all got a little of piece of...