105 Quotes by Matt Lauer

Being in front of the camera - first of all, when I wanted to get into television, it was as a producer. I never had an idea that I would do anything in front of the camera, and that kind of happened by accident. But I wanted to be a producer or give me a job with the Yankees or play for the Knicks. I was a sports nut when I was a kid.

If I feel like I've done a great job during an interview with the president of the United States live in the Oval Office, it doesn't give me a tenth of the good feeling of going to the school play and making eye contact with my kids as they're onstage delivering their lines. Nothing compares with that moment of connection.

I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father?

I'm not going to whine or get depressed. Who's going to feel sorry for me? Nobody.

The vast majority of what I've seen written about me is not true. My family and friends - the people who matter to me - they know the real story.

I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life.

I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there.

People don't want to see me having a bad morning. They have job problems, financial problems, family pressures, kids to get off to school. The last thing they want to wake up to is someone showing them the same problems. So maybe that's the one time I am forced to act.

Could there have been a better role for Florence Henderson than Mrs. Brady? She nurtured everybody. She was so caring.