He was being asked if he thought his religious convictions made him soft.
"Those who say his father's conviction put him over the brink and made him what he is are wrong."
The conviction with which she said this made him grin.
But at the same time, her convictions made her life full of difficulties.
A new conviction, the experts said, would make a political rehabilitation unlikely.
Although he has appealed the decision, several analysts said that the conviction might make it more difficult for him to obtain bank financing.
Those convictions make him acceptable to the military even though he is a lifelong leftist.
His religious convictions in the face of national athletic pride make headlines around the world.
His conviction makes him the fourth person to fall in the Roslyn scandal.
He said she hoped that a conviction would make it easier to bring a civil suit against him.