Sam Donaldson

But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or…

— Sam Donaldson

Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

— Sam Donaldson

It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.

— Sam Donaldson

And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of…

— Sam Donaldson

I saw a large, red dried swath that I immediately identified clearly as blood. I covered the war in Vietnam. I saw…

— Sam Donaldson

Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But…

— Sam Donaldson

In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.

— Sam Donaldson

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work…

— Sam Donaldson

But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.

— Sam Donaldson

My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone…

— Sam Donaldson