80 Quotes by Brooke Baldwin

With hard work and some good help, I eventually landed an exclusive interview with Auma Obama, President Obama's half-sister.

I had to put in my time all through my 20s. Then I came to CNN in 2008 as a freelancer with no guarantees.

I graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with degrees in journalism and Spanish in 2001 and landed my first on-air job in Charlottesville, Va.

I grew up knowing my grandfather had served our country for decades in the Navy, buried in his whites in Arlington; I have family members who are veterans.

My drive comes from my parents and from Westminster.

I definitely feed off of people.

I'd been invited to deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2017 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Speaking live on television is one thing... speaking to 30,000 people in a football stadium is another.

I got my first migraine on my first day of work in TV in 2001... it was debilitating.

At age 12, it was obvious. I had to go to Space Camp.