I'd much rather wear out than rust out.

I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Few minds wear out; more rust out

What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.