Here the Chelsea and Brazil player comes across as a thoroughly likeable young man: friendly, considerate, generous and, above all, a lot of fun.
"This story of the ruin and disgrace of a very likeable young man is probably the blackest, as well as, I think, the funniest comedy of our time," he declared.
There was much to enjoy about Amir Khan's victory over Marco Antonio Barrera at the weekend, not least that it marked some kind of redemption for a very talented and likeable young man.
While reading his words on the screen, this intelligent, likeable young man had managed to work out for himself that maybe that one particular belief, among all the others written down, was a little "off-track".
Hatchett is seen no differently to others at his club, however, even if his bowling coach, the former England seamer Jon Lewis, admits to immense pride in working with a likeable young man who, despite an obvious disadvantage, competes in an able-bodied sport.
Mario is a carefree, naturally gifted and likeable young man who by American standards appears too focused on the peripheral aspects of life: travel, opera, love affairs, and architecture.
According to Epstein in his autobiography, Storm was, "One of the liveliest and most likeable young men on the scene... was very annoyed when Ringo left and he complained to me.
The cheers would be for the local tennis champion, Tim Henman, a likeable, polite young man who bore the weight of a nation's expectations on his shoulders.
The airwaves and news-stands have been dominated by the tragic death of a likeable, intelligent young man who was still best known for his family name and his rugged good looks.
Lewis is 24 and remains a likeable, down-to-earth young man.
Apart from his prodigious talent, he was just a likeable and easy-going young man.
