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" Times are harder there right now. I think it's been well publicized. We are - the show is not where I want it to be right now. The ratings are not where I want them to be. I want to make it better. "

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" 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. "

Matt Lauer

I Am

Values

Humor

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

" 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.' "

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

" In my mind, I am extraordinarily handy. But what that means is when I attempt to fix something, there's usually a five-minute period of experimentation, followed by a five-minute period of frustration, followed by a frantic phone call to a professional. "

" I knew I wanted to work in television because some friends of mine, when I went to high school - their fathers worked for, as a matter of fact, for NBC Sports at the time. "

" I am the luckiest guy I know. "

Matt Lauer

I Am

Guy

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

Matt Lauer

Asking

People

" 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. "

" I did not stay at the 'Today' show because of money. I think there are other ways to make money. "

" When you get your dream job, you'd be really hard-pressed to leave it. Unless you've got another dream job out there. "

" I admire people who are completely at ease with themselves. But I don't have that feeling. "

" I don't find anything comes out of getting in someone's face during an interview and screaming. "

" You're going to have twenty years as host of the 'Today Show,' and eighteen of those years are going to be so unbelievably fantastic that you're going to think you're living in a fantasy world. And one or two of those years is going to be incredibly frustrating and challenging. "

" Mostly, I think of myself as having great common sense. I've always been proud of that. Was I a terrific student? Absolutely not. But put me in a roomful of people, and I don't think I'm ever going to embarrass myself. "

Matt Lauer

Great

Think

" There are pockets of liberal, affluent America where parents don't want their kids vaccinated. "

" Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America? "

Matt Lauer

America

Than

" I learned more from my dad by osmosis than by any talk we ever had. He was the most reliable person I've ever met. "

" I don't walk around saying everything is going to be wonderful. "

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

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

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

" Katie Couric is kind of my soulmate. "

" I value my privacy a lot. "

" 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. "

" It's rare when suddenly a window opens up, and you see a side of a celebrity you've never seen before, good or bad. "

" 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. "

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

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