I never felt the pressure beforehand. I walked the course with Dad, but it never really sank in that I was riding in the Grand National. In the race, plenty fell around me, but fortunately, nothing fell in front of me, and I was able to challenge for the lead over the last.

He feels the pressure real and pressure imagined,

Of course, all the agreements that we made with the Europeans were agreements that the system had embraced beforehand. That is to say, even if we did not reach an agreement with the Europeans, we still would have unilaterally declared that we would sign the Additional Protocol.... Decisions had been made beforehand that we would unilaterally take those steps even in the absence of an agreement with the three [European] countries. Nevertheless, we made a deal. The deal was for us to take those steps in exchange for some commitments by the Europeans.

I have walked hundreds of kids to their classrooms the first week. But the second week, we are back in business.

What we assumed was it broke up because it sank. Now we know it sank because it broke up.

She tried to get out but the more she tried to get out, the deeper she sank.