"No matter what struggles have come along in what has been, I think, quite a turbulent life, I got up very early in the morning and did my job professionally. It was a matter of honour to me. No matter what was going on, I was there every night on the telly. I make no claims of heroism in telling you this. It was just the way I considered life to be. No matter what ghastly times marred my journey, the work had to be done, the show had to go on. You pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile. You smile though your heart is breaking, and all that".

Like him or not, what Paul Holmes says make sense. I always wondered whether it was the money that kept him going - waking up for his breakfast show on Newstalk ZB during week days for so many years. Alas, "it was just the way I considered life to be". And indeed, how one views life really depends on one's term of reference.