Rod Blagojevich

Yeah, it's crazy. Can I go back just briefly to the spiritual end of it all? You can go where you want. I just want to say that, look, I consider myself, I think I have testicular virility. You know what I mean? You got balls. Yeah, I really do. I know I do. And I have a certain toughness to me. But I'll tell you something. I wasn't strong enough to get through prison by myself. I needed God.

And it was that, my love for my daughters and my wife, I could never possibly give. And I had to survive and somehow find my way home, however long it might take.

And it was that, my love for my daughters and my wife, I could never possibly give. And I had to survive and somehow find my way home, however long it might take.

And it was that, my love for my daughters and my wife, I could never possibly give. And I had to survive and somehow find my way home, however long it might take.

And I had to do it in a way where I could be so strong and be constructive and actually plant seeds for a better life later on, where whatever I did, my little girls can see that, you know, God forbid when tough times come, because it comes to all of us. How do you deal with those hard times? Do you embrace the adversity, try to turn it into something good, or do you just give into it?

And I had to do it in a way where I could be so strong and be constructive and actually plant seeds for a better life later on, where whatever I did, my little girls can see that, you know, God forbid when tough times come, because it comes to all of us. How do you deal with those hard times? Do you embrace the adversity, try to turn it into something good, or do you just give into it?

And I had to do it in a way where I could be so strong and be constructive and actually plant seeds for a better life later on, where whatever I did, my little girls can see that, you know, God forbid when tough times come, because it comes to all of us. How do you deal with those hard times? Do you embrace the adversity, try to turn it into something good, or do you just give into it?

And so that gave me the purpose I needed in prison. And I spent a lot of time not just reading the Bible, but reading all kinds of books, because you've got time. I mean, you've got a lot of time. I read a book three times, and I talked about this to Tucker Carlson, called Man's Search for Meaning by a guy named Victor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor who had gone through

And so that gave me the purpose I needed in prison. And I spent a lot of time not just reading the Bible, but reading all kinds of books, because you've got time. I mean, you've got a lot of time. I read a book three times, and I talked about this to Tucker Carlson, called Man's Search for Meaning by a guy named Victor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor who had gone through

And so that gave me the purpose I needed in prison. And I spent a lot of time not just reading the Bible, but reading all kinds of books, because you've got time. I mean, you've got a lot of time. I read a book three times, and I talked about this to Tucker Carlson, called Man's Search for Meaning by a guy named Victor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor who had gone through

things a million times worse than anything I went through. He lost his wife, his family through genocide. He was at Auschwitz and survived it. But he said that the last of the human freedoms, after everything's been taken from you, the last of the human freedoms is our freedom to choose our own attitude in any given set of circumstances. And that if you could find a why to live in

things a million times worse than anything I went through. He lost his wife, his family through genocide. He was at Auschwitz and survived it. But he said that the last of the human freedoms, after everything's been taken from you, the last of the human freedoms is our freedom to choose our own attitude in any given set of circumstances. And that if you could find a why to live in

things a million times worse than anything I went through. He lost his wife, his family through genocide. He was at Auschwitz and survived it. But he said that the last of the human freedoms, after everything's been taken from you, the last of the human freedoms is our freedom to choose our own attitude in any given set of circumstances. And that if you could find a why to live in

You can find the how. And my why was my little girls and my wife. No matter how hard this was going to be, I had to survive this. I had to endure it. And I needed to do it in a way where it would be the best possible way to do it that could help raise my daughters from afar. Because I didn't raise them. My daughter did. I mean, my wife raised our children, our little girls.

You can find the how. And my why was my little girls and my wife. No matter how hard this was going to be, I had to survive this. I had to endure it. And I needed to do it in a way where it would be the best possible way to do it that could help raise my daughters from afar. Because I didn't raise them. My daughter did. I mean, my wife raised our children, our little girls.

You can find the how. And my why was my little girls and my wife. No matter how hard this was going to be, I had to survive this. I had to endure it. And I needed to do it in a way where it would be the best possible way to do it that could help raise my daughters from afar. Because I didn't raise them. My daughter did. I mean, my wife raised our children, our little girls.

And so that gave me real purpose. And I had those moments when despair would creep in. It's very natural. I mean, a lot of blue moments, as you can imagine. I could never, ever, ever let myself get so down that I would not be active in any given day. I had to go out there and run those miles and lift the weights, do push-ups, whatever it was, read those books, do the stuff I would write about.

And so that gave me real purpose. And I had those moments when despair would creep in. It's very natural. I mean, a lot of blue moments, as you can imagine. I could never, ever, ever let myself get so down that I would not be active in any given day. I had to go out there and run those miles and lift the weights, do push-ups, whatever it was, read those books, do the stuff I would write about.

And so that gave me real purpose. And I had those moments when despair would creep in. It's very natural. I mean, a lot of blue moments, as you can imagine. I could never, ever, ever let myself get so down that I would not be active in any given day. I had to go out there and run those miles and lift the weights, do push-ups, whatever it was, read those books, do the stuff I would write about.

because I love my daughters and I'm doing it for them. That was my purpose. Not running for government anymore. I'm not trying to be, you know, successful in the real world because I'm not in it anymore. My success I'll measure by whether or not I'm strong and tough and I'm productive because I'm doing this for my kids. Does that make sense?