Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.

It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.

And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.

I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.