"A fairly run of the mill one, but you're right: I think they like that."
Also a sincere assessment. He lacked Qui-Gon's righteously rebellious streak and Anakin's reckless brilliance. He was merely the bland thread between them. If ever he got credit for just keeping the Order's bright lights honest, he'd take it. Especially when, so easily, he could have not ended up a Knight at all.