127 hours between a rock and a hard place

This depends on which conversation that you mean. Ralston recounts a comment from his friend Rob Cooper, “It’s not what you do Aron, it’s who you are.” Aron realized that his friend was correct,

My confusion at his assertion had shown how right he was…Rob, along with everyone else I cared about in my life, would either respect me for who I am — as in how I treat others — or they wouldn’t.