He mean that as compliment.
4 seconds sound clip from the Good Morning, Vietnam movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:38:16 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I gotta tell you something, you know.
- I've been all around the world, seen a lot of places and a lot of people.
- Talk.
- These two were physically abusing a Vietnamese national. I thought since we were here to...
[...]