Al Roker

My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So... you're black.'

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.

I try to get in two runs during the week, after the 'Today' show, probably around 1 or 2 o'clock, Tuesday, Thursday. Then Saturday or Sunday, I do my longer runs and try to do it in the morning.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.