I just think they all lie through their teeth or greatly embellish most of what they say. Sammy is the hero at the end of all his stories, Franzese is such a sanctimonious blowhard, Cullota is a grifter that has capitalized off being friends with Spilotro. He was never an official member of the outfit, and I'm sure he may have been around a few heavy hitters through Spilotro, theres a 99.9999999% chance none of them really knew who he was. Alite and Borello are by far the worst. At least with Sammy and Michael, they were well respected made men in their day.