Although, Bobby still refused to join the Teamsters, Hoffa's heroic leadership skills were subtlety portrayed to the viewers. No matter how important he could have been, and how unnecessary it was for him to go from trucker to trucker, talking to them face to face like his experience with Bobby, Hoffa felt it was necessary for his goal, and so he was willing to spend whole nights in traveling with petty working truckers, becoming their heroic leader.
Hoffa was always ready and willing to assist a trucker, no matter how insignificant they may have been, knowing that in the future they will be their to repay him and help his journey to the presidency of the Teamsters. In another scene in the movie, Hoffa was waking down the street talking to Bobby. He spotted a trucker on the side of the road trying to single handedly repair his flat tire, obviously nobody was willing to assist this poor trucker. Hoffa on the other hand wasted no time in helping the man. As Hoffa assisted this man in changing his tire, he referred him to the Teamsters, convincing him of the better hours, pay, and ironically, assistance. The trucker admitted that he would never listen to Hoffa on a regular day, because he was a man that didn't experience the trucker life when he said "I am willing to listen to a man who is willing to get his hands dirty.".
This depiction of Hoffa "getting his hands dirty," conveys his enthusiasm to becoming the president of the Teamsters once again. It is most definitely his fervor and zest for the presidency that got him to the top and his readiness to get the truckers behind him at any cost that gave him such a popular backing; millions of truckers supported him even during his later downfall. All these are his qualities as a Heroic Leader, he got his "hands dirty" for all the truckers in support of him, helping him to achieve his first and best triumph in the film, Hoffa was named President of the Teamsters.
