I try to do stories that make a difference -- stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear -- and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me.

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

Never ever give up, even, and especially, when there is no chance of winning.

I have called the co-host job at the 'Today Show' my dream job, and I would be lying if I said it was easy to leave that job.

When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt.

Beauty once seemed to me to be an accident of nature... But now that I can see my life on my face, I realize we earn the way we end up looking. Time, it seems, gives us all a chance to really be beautiful.