Ever since they were born, Vic and I have been clear: happiness and confidence are the two things we want most for our children and the rest can all fall into place.
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Happy memories.
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Geoffrey Rush
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I wanted my children to grow up in Australia, and if I have anything to pass on to them as a parent as a mentor, it is my own experiences of having grown up there, and shaped a career there.
High self-esteem.
Compassion, resourcefulness and resilience form a rounded good person. So that’s what I’d like to leave my children and grandchildren.
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Not having the people I love around me.
Happy, loyal and late.
Not going to the World Cup in 1986 and not going to the World Cup in 1998.
In the 18-yard box.
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