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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.