My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.

I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.

I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.

Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

There was no one around me who didn't work hard.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.