If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

If you have talent, I believe that talent will win out. In other words, if you're a good broadcaster, if you're a funny comic, you'll be heard. If you know how to do a broadcast, if you're a good newsman, if you can see an event and describe it, you're going to be heard and you're going to be seen. So there's always room. Now with cable and satellite and Internet, it's endless. You could blog, you could be your own talent.

I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax

Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.

What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self - deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesn't matter if you're a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.