Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.

I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.

Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.

There's room for a diversity of ages on television.

Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.

On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won't inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses.

My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.

That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor.

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.

I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present.