I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

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I am not one of the great journalists of my time.

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