Call Me A Braggart, Call Me Arrogant.

The President's Very Shrewd

Some Days The Competition Would Beat Me And I'd Go Home Thinking Awful Thoughts, Want To Hide Under The Bed, Depressed. But Of Course, In The News Business, When You're Working A Daily News Broadcast, You Get Your Victories And Defeats Every Day.

I Didn't Come East Of The Mississippi For The First Time In My Life Until I Was 26 Years Of Age, But I Knew. I Read Magazines, I Listened To Radio, I Watched Television. I Knew There Was Something Out There, And I Wanted A Part Of It.

But As A Young Kid, I Never Did, Really Have An Ambition To Be A Farmer. I Never Thought, Gee, I Would Like To Farm, And I Want To Raise These Crops. I Didn't Quite Know What I Wanted To Do.

I Don't Know Many People, If Any, Who Have Had Some Straight Line Toward Success. I Mean, They Start Here, They Work Hard, They've Got What It Takes, And They Just Go Straight To The Top Over Some Number Of Years. Most People Get A Little Failure.