Didn't say that wasn't part of him. If Steve wasn't Cap then I'd be--definitely not here. [He'd be strapped to a table in a HYDRA base with the needles and the shocks and Bucky really would rather not think about it. No point thinking about how bad it could have been but never was.] But Cap really ain't Steve Rogers.
Rogers was a skinny kid from Brooklyn who was so stupid he thought he could take on any guy who did something he didn't agree with no matter how big they were. A guy who I met because he was getting pummeled by a bunch of punks roughing up other kids in the area for money. Seriously he was this scrawny kid with asthma who looked like his clothes were two sizes too big and he just kept getting up. You'd never think a guy that tiny could have that kind of a temper. [Which just amuses him because once you get to know Steve it's kind of obvious he has some easy buttons to push about certain subjects.]
He's an idiot who never backs down from a fight. Even the ones he shouldn't be fighting. And he ain't got no common sense either. Can't even leave him on his own for a few hours or he does something really damn stupid like join the army. [Or crash a plane into the Arctic.] Only guy I know who was too stubborn for the U.S. Army to get rid of.