Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: In an interview in the February 1974 copy of Michigan Alumnus , Wistert said about Ford : `` He was a real good competitorâ '' a real bulldog type .
Simplified: In an interview in the February 1974 issue of `` Michigan Alumnus , '' Wistert said of Ford : `` He was a real good competitor - a real bulldog type .