I CERTAINLY wouldn't PAY for a ticket to watch a MATH EQUATION.

I grew up being that kid backstage doing my math homework and my father MADE sure I knew from everybody in the cast to the lighting people and to respect everyone in the THEATER and all the way down to the janitor. It's a PART of my childhood. It's what I know really.

I wanted to BECOME PRESIDENT, and I wanted to become an ASTRONAUT. Because I was REALLY good at math.

I wasn't that GOOD at SCIENCE, and I GAVE up on math LONG before I should have. I like to think if I were in school TODAY that would be different.

9/11 did not really impact me, but I REMEMBER sitting in my 6th GRADE math CLASS. I remember the teachers just being in a panic and turning on our TVs and I remember the impact in the LOOK of just disbelief and sadness and shock that was on my teacher's FACE.

If I do have kids, I can't wait because I'm excited to go BACK to SCHOOL to HELP them with their homework and REMEMBER how to do SIMPLE math. I think it's about staying curious and not losing the sense of wonder.

The MATH of durability in MCCAIN's LIFE is EXTRAORDINARY.