I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward.

I'm tired of getting made fun of. The reason I took on The New York Times as ferociously as I did is that I'm tired of being the little icon that people stick pins in, the whipping boy for everything that's gone wrong in this business. Whatever my excess, I think that I've been trumped in many areas by others.

The biggest stories in 2005 were the national disasters

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

There are plenty of towns in America where the 4-year-old has shot his 2-year-old sister by using daddy's gun.

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared.

Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white.