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

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

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

You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.

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.