As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.

The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.

And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education.

My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

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

The President's very shrewd