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...airline groups that fly would go "No, you're late, you can't fly today. Your bags won't make it." It's really that lack of people just willing to go that extra - well, not even that extra mile cause they would have had to do the same thing if you showed up 3 hours early. It just comes down to rules and regulations, and I know there's a reason they have them, but I end up pushing them sometimes cause I'm stubborn and I hate being told what...
...mention in the book that you felt burned out on competitive life in 1998 and retired but then you ultimately returned. Why did you feel burned out? I'd been doing the same thing every year for a number of years. I was probably - well, not even probably - I was definitely tired of it in the end. I mean, for surfing, our year is not like a 4- or 6-month thing, it's basically a 10-plus-month tour, so that is tiring. You go to the same places each year, surf the same spots, see the same guys...
...little daunting because I had come really close in 2003 to winning a title and literally lost out in the last surf of the year. It was very upsetting. And then the following year I didn't have a very good year. But in 2005 I was doing well, things were good and it was scary to think I might get close but not pull it off again. When I did pull it off, it was just an amazing feeling. At that point I was the oldest world champion ever, people said I couldn't win again, they were doubting...
...However smart it might ultimately prove to be, the Clinton offer is likely to induce grumbling among some Obama loyalists. The job Obama dangled in front of Clinton has excited a frenzy of speculation and leaking - exactly the kind of thing the no-drama Obama operation did not tolerate during the presidential campaign. And coming amid word that Obama is eyeing an array of former Clinton officials - including former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder for the top job at Justice - even Democrats began to ask how much change Obama really represents. "What were the last two years all about?" asks...
...been one sticking point. The conundrum was on display on Nov. 16 even as Bill hailed his wife's potential to be "really great as a Secretary of State." He made that comment while giving a paid speech for the National Bank of Kuwait, which is the kind of thing for which he earned more than $10 million last year alone. Beyond his six-figure speaking fees, there are also a myriad of undisclosed contributions to the former President's far-flung charitable endeavors and to his presidential library, many of which have come from foreign interests that his wife...