nobody is going to outwork me. that's hands down. ded to me. i worked to get in the league and i'm willing to work to be a success in the league. once they saw that, i gained their respect. >> please welcome marion jones. [ cheers and applause >> one of the ways you give back now is through the "take a break" foundation. talk a little bit about what that is. >> the message of "take a break" is something that's very close to my heart. while i was incarcerated and i made the choice while i was in there that i wasn't going to disappear, that i was going to be back in the public eye and giving back. i wondered, well, how can i share my story and my experience with young people, older people alike, on how to make better decisions. i went through all the different scenarios. then it came back to that moment that i wish i had slowed down. i wish i had taken a break, you know, taken a moment to really think about the consequences of what you say or your actions and that's how it came babt. the positive response that i've gotten -- received fr

outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me. >> what is your key part of your goal for this job? how do you approach it? >> my approach is focus on something that jim baker told me the other day. reach out to several of the other chiefs of staff. he said as long as you're focused and not on chief, you're going to be okay. i got to tell you i'm working with a staff that is excellent. i'm really honored to be part of it. honored the president has laid this responsibility on me and looking forward to doing it. >> i was mentioning before we went on the hit. the asteroid that came near the united states is stuff you have to talk about. >> the fact is that we're going to keep working on this and everything else to make sure that we are on top of it. >> let's talk about the agenda items. chuck hagel's nomination is held up. the expectation is he'll ultimately be confirmed but bill cohen said something this week to politico that caught my attention that does underline the problems that hagel could have as defense secretary. he said it's going to put him in a difficult posit

outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks so much for having me, david. >> this is a tough job. you're the fourth one to have it. what is the key, part of your goal for this job as the president has a narrow window? how do you approach it? >> my approach is to focus on something jim baker told me just the other day, actually. reach out to several of the other chiefs of staff in the past and he said as long as you you focused on the staff and not on the chief, you are going to be okay. i'm working with a staff that is excellent. i'm real honored the president has laid this responsibility to me and i look forward to doing it. >> from the expected to unexpected. i was mentioning before we went on the air. the asteroid that came near the united states. this is stuff you got to talk about and deal with in the job? don't you? >>> it is stuff we have to talk about and do talk about, had a a lot of back and forth with our science adviser about this over the last several days. the fact is that we are going to keep working on this and everything else to make sure we are on top of it. >>