I joined the PBA way before I should have because I heard a rumor they were going to limit the number of people who could get in.
Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.
My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.