A biography for Matt Lauerhasn’t been written yet.
“Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two but can't remember what they are.”
“Over the course of 20 years that I've been at NBC, I have never seen the amount of money I make reported correctly by the media.”
“I knew I wanted to work in television because some friends of mine, when I went to high school - their fathers worked for, as a matter of fact, for NBC Sports at the time.”
“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.”
“I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings.”
“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.”
“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?”
“In some ways, being No. 2 in the ratings is a real shot in the arm, a kick in the pants.”
“People don't want to see me having a bad morning. They have job problems, financial problems, family pressures, kids to get off to school. The last thing they want to wake up to is someone showing them the same problems. So maybe that's the one time I am forced to act.”
“If I feel like I've done a great job during an interview with the president of the United States live in the Oval Office, it doesn't give me a tenth of the good feeling of going to the school play and making eye contact with my kids as they're onstage delivering their lines. Nothing compares with that moment of connection.”
“I'm one of these people who tends to think that the ordinary people are more fascinating than the celebrities and even the politicians.”
“When people start to write articles about what might be wrong with the 'Today' show you know where you should point the finger, point it at me because I have been there the longest. And it's my responsibility.”
“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.”
“Katie Couric is kind of my soulmate.”
“I'm glad to know that I can host the 'Today' show for 16 years and not be a trending topic. And all the sudden I'm on 'Royal Pains,' and I'm a trending topic. There's something a little strange about that.”
“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.”
“I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there.”
“Early on, I had five jobs in a row where I was either fired or canceled.”
“I kid my friends who are golfers, and I say, 'If you ever hear me complain, hit me in the butt with a putter' because I have no reason to complain. Even on days when you don't like what you see in the paper, I have no reason to complain.”
“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.”