I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.

I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.

There's room for a diversity of ages on television.

First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.