5 Quotes & Sayings By Katie Couric

Katie Couric was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Shirley (née Ryskind) and Jerry M. Couric, an advertising executive. She was raised in Bethesda, Maryland. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in speech communication and spent five years working for WETA-TV in Washington, D.C., before heading to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a television news anchor Read more

Her first job was on the local news in Pennsylvania; she later moved to Boston's WBZ-TV when she was hired by then-anchor John Orr to be co-anchor alongside Charlie Cook. She then worked at WNBC-TV, where she co-anchored the "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw for two years. She joined CBS News in 1998 as co-anchor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and anchor of "CBS Sunday Morning."

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Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is – and that’s OK. Katie Couric
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A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for. Katie Couric
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Misperceiving that there is one correct choice is a common mistake. Coming to understand that there are usually a few good choices--and then there's the one you pick, commit to, and make great--is the best way to make flexible, optimal, good decisions in life. Katie Couric
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Sometimes I think change is a good thing. Katie Couric