I've told a lot of people in different scenarios, “Oh, I don't know, I have a job, I didn't get a raise, I'm disappointed that something I was planning didn't work.” So, you know how life works? You have to put on your big boy pants and deal with it. That's how life goes. I'm sorry, that's how it is every single day of life. There's no room to be tired. There's no time to feel sorry for yourself. You want to quiver in the corner and cry? Do it for 10 minutes and get back out into the rink, because that's how life goes. There's disappointment, there's competition, there are people who are better than you, there are people who are ahead of you. People make nasty comments, people make half-nasty comments, people make subtle nasty comments. But all of a sudden something's succeeding, then something's failing. That's how life is. Life requires you to wear the big boy pants every day of the week. I don't know how to say it to a woman. I don't know what to wear. Wear your lady hat. I don't know what the right word is. But it's really true.
In fact, I'll give you one. I sort of started to learn this lesson. As you know, I'm a very sensitive person. I'm very sensitive. It's annoying to be sensitive, but I'm very sensitive. I remember when I was a kid, even when I was 10, 12, 14, 16, I don't know what, sometimes someone would say something at the table and I'd be insulted. So I'd get up from the table and go into the living room and sit on the couch. I'd just sit on the couch by myself, sad for myself and feeling all bad for myself, sort of waiting for, obviously, someone at the table to come and get me and say, “No, Joey, we need you back at the table. We really love you. Don't worry, we didn't mean it. You're the best. You're the best there ever was.” And you know what I learned as a young kid? Nobody's coming. They're not coming. In fact, frankly, the meal is easier without me. Let him stay over there. Let him cry by himself. Let's eat our roast and have a nice time. Eventually, maybe we'll tell him, “Joey, snap out of it.” No one's coming. That's how life works. You need to be ready to wear your big boy pants every day of the week. I'm sorry.
There's stuff that goes on on a daily basis that could get anybody exhausted. And in any kind of life—prominent life, not just a prominent life; a lot of family, small family, big family, no family—and I don't care what age you are: 15, 25, 95, whatever the stages of life, there's so much going on in a normal day that could easily exhaust you. And that's why raising children is preparing them for that. Of course, make your home safe. Of course, make your home a healthy place. Of course, make your home an understanding place. But you have to prepare them for that life and prepare them for the challenges that come with that life. And being tired is not okay. I don't mean sometimes; of course, sometimes you can be physically tired and you need a nap or to go to sleep, but don't tell me, “I'm tired. I can't do it anymore.” Yes, you can. So we had to step up and deal with it and take stuff along the way, constant stuff along the way. It's just the way it is.