I am right there with you. He is my favorite, and one of the characters I would most want to aspire to be like.
A lot of people see the cold exterior. They don't know that it is a cover to control that passions that drive him. He gets things done.
He does not have the flashiest powers in the world. In fact they don't even work right, and other than lasers from his eyes, he is normal, like you and me.
But with these details and others, I see the man who through strength of character, and determination, kept the mutants together during their darkest time. He was the person willing to shoulder the burden of keeping a dying people alive long enough to find a resolution. Every death he could not stop was a blow to him, that he felt personally.
He was able to bind men like Magneto and Namor to him. Mutants have historically been a splintered people, but they gathered under his banner.
He is the pillar that keeps things standing for everyone else. He was the one willing to do the things others were not for their continued survival, and when it was over, he took responsibility for his darker actions, knowing that no matter how noble his intent, the bill still needed to be paid.
And now he is trying to redeem himself for the necessary evils. I want to be a man with that conviction and drive.