He also was a good teacher, Louis Jr. said in a 2017 Inquirer interview. "I always paid attention," he said. "I shadowed my father. As I got older, he let me be here by myself a little bit more. He let out a little rope at a time. Before you know it, you're doing everything that your father did and you don't even realize it, but I never make a decision to this day. I never make a decision without going to my father because as long as he's living, he's the boss."