If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you.
Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people, learn to work with people and find common ground. That's the way you sell houses... that's also the way you win over constituency.
I obviously have a lot of love and affection for the people of Hamilton from playing there for so long.