A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.

Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.

I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.

In the absence of uplifting words, Silence is the best choice.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.

Your life isn't made up of people who aren't in it.

You know what the true definition of hell is? It's when you die, you get to meet the person you could have been.

I'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.

It just kills me to see people lose someone they love, so I want to do as much as I can: give money to doctors and hospitals; get nurses in there that care; put a smile on a little kid's face.

Pier Angeli was in the movie called Sea of Sand that Guy Green directed where this idea came up.

We have passed a lot of water since then.