There's no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are" (Fred Rogers Pp). Every day Rogers expressed his caring for each child and his appreciation of their uniqueness.

Rogers once said, "I must be an emotional archaeologist because I keep looking for the roots of things. Particularly the roots of behavior and why I feel certain ways about certain things" (Fred Rogers Pp). David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely on the show, said of Rogers, "He was so genuinely, genuinely kind, a wonderful person...His mission was to work with families and children for television...That was his passion, his mission, and he did it from Day One" (Mister Pp). It was quoted that Rogers was, "always gentle, always courteous, always a role model" (Mister Pp). Frazier Moore writes that the beauty of Rogers was "he went on TV to tell kids: Love yourself...
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