But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.

I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and I wanted to continue, but I never had a five year plan.

The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.

Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.