Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes. – Dan Rather
Dont taunt the alligator until after youve crossed the creek. – Dan Rather
A free and truly independent press – fiercely independent when necessary – is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. – Dan Rather
As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere. – Dan Rather
I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn I went right to the Daily Pennsylvanian and pretty much spent most of my college career working both as the sports editor and then editor of the editorial page. – H. G. Bissinger