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Somebody who was ambitious for yourself. of course he had ambition. he couldnt be a movie star or president of the united states if it wasnt there. he kept i want very closely held. it burned. it burned in him. it was able to see him through. >> is that how he got back after he got knocked down by jerry ford, when everybody thought -- heres a guy pushing 70. hes finished. hes got all his hair. hes old. he possibly cant come back. he came back and beat jimmy carter. i know, i was working for cart...

Tough career in the early 50s almost at the top of the business didnt quite make the top got very close then made it in television but in that period he had to survive a bad first marriage. how did he get -- what made ronald reagan keep steaming ahead when times really were lousy in? >> that solitary man, that 10% that i call him metaphorically in the book is where his ambition lay. he was not a guy who thought public ambition was something that was worthwhile. he didnt want to come off as someb...

>> is that how he got back after he got knocked down buyerry ford. heres a guy pushing 70. hes finished. hes got all his hair. hes old. he possibly cant come back. he came back and beat jimmy carter. what do you call that? >> its confidence. he was always very confident in himself. i never saw my father walk into a room and kowtow to anybody. by the same token i never saw him walk into a room and talk down to anybody. he treated everybody like he wanted to be treated. >> now to the down side. yo...