i m told. do you have any army/navy rituals you do to try to get the navy to win? is it something you watch with interest or not? one year i went to the navy locker room to try to motivate the team and they lost anyway, so they haven t asked me back. you are the son of a janitor. yes. what s the enduring lesson you have today from him? well, my father oftused to c home, often late at night after working a couple of shifts, dirty, grimy, et cetera, and would come up to my room when i was a little boy and would say, look at me, you can do better than this, study, read, work hard, it s a great country. and i never forgot those words. he was able to visit me briefly when i had an office in the west wing about a year and a half before he passed away and i thanked him again for those enduring lessons. when we come back, christmas wishes, vet indulgences, and comedic gold. we pull more goodies from our getting to know vault, next. a.