"Being a dad is often very lonely." (OMITTED) "And one of the things I feel is I am no longer alone, that the Council of Dads is in every room with me and making every decision with me."
VOA: standard.2010.06.19
When I was a teenager, my portable music player was a tool that I used to feel completely alone even in very public and social settings.
We can hope that some of them can make finals and preferably finish in the top eight, and therefore contribute to the placement table which Ifeel is a more accurate measure of a country's prowess than medals alone.