Let's not only provide a jumpstart to the economy and immediately or save 3 million jobs, but let's also put a down payment on some of the structural problems that we have in our economy.

You have to have a strong team around you [being a president].

The spirit's there and that's not just my imagination. I think if you look at surveys and attitudes among young people, you see it.

I can be much more sarcastic and, I think, sometimes withering in my assessments of things than I allow to show in my public life.

I became a lightning rod for some partisan battles. I could not be prouder of the track record we've put together. By almost every measure, the country is significantly better off than when I came in.

Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do those things, not only is your future going to be bright but America's future is going to bright as well.

The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us all.