"I have a passion for doing this work," Rather said. "Anchoring in television, if you aren't careful, can degenerate into an ego-centered practice. "I've tried my best not to succumb to that. It's not about me, it's about the news, and it's about CBS News…. I have been … their choice and I've been proud to do it, proud to be it … the emblem, the symbol, if you will, of CBS News for quite a long time."That's not what Walter Cronkite says!
"I've learned to trust the audience," he said.
Well, you've been in tank for ten years; take the hint, Dan.
"The harshest critic could not be nearly as hard on me as I am on myself."
Oh, I don't think so, Dan.