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.
I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.
I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
There was no one around me who didn't work hard.
I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.
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.