It’s what we try to do every day. Matt Lauer More Quotes by Matt Lauer More Quotes From Matt Lauer 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.' Matt Lauer i-love-you daughter love son I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace. Matt Lauer i-am blessed patience love I like fishing as much when I don't catch anything as when I do. Matt Lauer catch anything like fishing 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. Matt Lauer phone-call phone i-am mind 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? Matt Lauer fly i-am me experience Outside of my family and my work, I have two passions, both instilled in me by my father: golf and fishing. Matt Lauer me family work father 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. Matt Lauer think you today world 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. Matt Lauer strength mother life children If you are the person who gets the lion's share of attention in good times, guess what: you get the lion's share of attention in bad times. Matt Lauer lion good you good-times 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. Matt Lauer cocktail finding walking people I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father? Matt Lauer day good worry father I'm not going to whine or get depressed. Who's going to feel sorry for me? Nobody. Matt Lauer nobody feel me sorry 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 dinner friends humor Does anyone want to see a person who's making the money that the newspapers say I'm making complaining, 'Woe is me, my life is terrible, and people are being unfair?' No one would've had any patience for that. I wouldn't have any patience for that. Matt Lauer me money patience life 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. Matt Lauer bond good you chemistry When you get your dream job, you'd be really hard-pressed to leave it. Unless you've got another dream job out there. Matt Lauer your job you dream 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. Matt Lauer right better think want I am the luckiest guy I know. Matt Lauer luckiest i-am know guy
