Kristen Welker

“Why is it appropriate for the President to use a racial slur in any context?”

“Whether I'm traveling or not, I lay out my outfit and jewelry the night before so I don't have to think about it.”

“I am not afraid to ask for feedback on my work or appearance, and try to never take that advice personally.”

“I think that as reporters we certainly bring to bear our own set of experiences, our backgrounds, to our reporting.”

“You can't be too far away from your BlackBerry because if there's a development anywhere around the world, it impacts the White House.”

“To have come here as an intern for the 'Today' show, to shoot that reel - I looked so serious. To be terrified like that and then to come and sit at this desk, to sit next to my friend Peter Alexander every Saturday, it is the honor of a lifetime.”

“I do think people would be surprised to know that journalists from various news outlets are in this together in many ways in terms of these long hours and in terms of really sharing a desire to get information to the American people.”

“I got such a bad series of sinus infections while covering President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, I lost my sense of smell!”

“Fashion is not my strongest suit.”

“But when my mother ran for City Council, that was the moment when I knew I wanted to be a political reporter. Some reporters asked her about being married to my father - they have an interracial relationship - as if that was somehow a negative thing.”

“I feel like I've grown up, not only at NBC, but also at 'Today.'”