And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

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

I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.

My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father.

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

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

The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.