It's a team game, but you've got to have individuals that really want the ball and want the pressure of being there to help get in a position to win.
Presence is more than just being there.
Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think.
I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.
When you're the host of the Academy Awards, and you grew up watching Bob Hope and Johnny Carson, and now it's your turn, and you get a chance to run with the baton on the relay for a while, I really embraced it and just really loved being there.
It's very hard to balance being there for somebody else and taking care of yourself.
It's not that my father didn't love me, it's just that he wasn't capable of consistently being there. His mood swings were gigantic.