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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Matt Lauer

I Am

Family

School

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

" When people start to write articles about what might be wrong with the 'Today' show you know where you should point the finger, point it at me because I have been there the longest. And it's my responsibility. "

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

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

" In some ways, being No. 2 in the ratings is a real shot in the arm, a kick in the pants. "

" There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. "

" If you have a bad experience on the air, you don't think you've done your job, or you have an embarrassing moment. I guarantee you'll work harder the next time not to let it happen again. "

" I value my privacy a lot. "

" You get your dream job and, in my opinion, despite anything they might say about you professionally or personally, you shut up, and you just do the job - and enjoy it. "

" My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. "

" I like it when things are where they're supposed to be. "

" I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me. "

Matt Lauer

Asking

People

" In this business, the minute you start feeling comfortable about the show you're doing or the ratings you're getting, you're in big trouble. "

" I'm lucky: I have very funny kids. "

" 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. "

Matt Lauer

People

Story

" Even the bad interviews I think you learn from. They make you better. "

" What makes people successful in this business is to be yourself on camera. Sounds simple. It's not. "

" My mother is a strong woman. Her strength comes from being tested by life's unpredictability. It comes from soldiering on for her children, even when she might rather have given up. I know it hasn't always come easily, but I also know it's her greatest gift. "

" There's a difference between good chemistry and a bond. Chemistry is something you have with somebody you meet - or you don't. It's an intangible. It may be superficial. It's much harder to put your finger on than a bond. "

" There was always an unspoken generosity about my mom. "

" I like fishing as much when I don't catch anything as when I do. "

Matt Lauer

Fishing

Catch

" People always say, 'Is it tough getting up at four in the morning?' I'm not terrible with that, but the weird thing for me is that I start to feel like a 3-year-old in need of a nap at about 7:30 at night; and, at 9:30, my head is teetering like that. "

" My dad taught me how to fish. When I am stand in a trout stream now, and I have the waders on, and I've got a fly rod in my hand, or I am fishing for bass, I think of sitting in a boat with my dad. How can that be a bad experience? "

" I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the type of person I am is different. My values, my dislikes, my sense of humor are the same. "

" I kid my friends who are golfers, and I say, 'If you ever hear me complain, hit me in the butt with a putter' because I have no reason to complain. Even on days when you don't like what you see in the paper, I have no reason to complain. "

Matt Lauer

You

Say

" When you feel your family is being threatened and hurt, you speak up. And then you put your head down and go back about your business. "

" I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings. "

" On a day-to-day level, I love watching my kids accomplish the little things that seem trivial but are really milestones: seeing my son hit a baseball or watching my daughter draw something that actually looks like what she says she's drawing. Or hearing them say 'I love you.' "

" I've always liked the idea of walking into a cocktail party where there are different people and finding some connection with almost everybody in the room. "