I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

I think the feature reporter often walks a very thin line between a truly human story and one that slops over into mushiness or sentimentality.

I was on the high school track team, believe it or not, and played baseball, poorly but passionately.

I made friends with a lot of those who could have criticized me in print and who didn't, who praised me instead.

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.

What you need for breakfast, they say in East Tennessee, is a jug of good corn liquor, a thick steak and a hound dog. Then you feed the steak to the dog.

The greatest thing you can do in life is to tell a young boy or girl that they're 'the very best' at something - baseball, reading, art. That gives them the wonderful feeling that they can do anything, which they can!