36 Quotes by Jayson Blair

Those ethical choices often are made every day at a time, minute by minute in ways that you may not even relate to ethics, so I'm going to walk them through the whole story from that perspective and hopefully they'll be able to walk away with something good from it.

You face racism in small and large ways.

I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I can't say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for those who have stood by me, been tough on me, and have taken the time to understand that there is a deeper story and not to believe everything they read in the newspapers.

Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.

One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.