Al Roker

The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills. ”

People who would never think of dealing in racial or sexual stereotypes will still throw in a fat joke because it's still OK. Really? ”

When you've got a teenager and a pre-teen, especially a son and a daughter, and they're going at each other at the table, all you really want is just five minutes of quiet, but sometimes I have a moment during the chaos when I think, 'Yes, this is good.' ”

I always did the cooking at home, and we always tried for balance. We've been vigilant about how and what our kids eat. For example, my son would just as soon go for the grapes as he would the chips... and the chips are baked. ”

Truth be told, I didn't want to be on T.V. I was going to be a writer or producer or a director, and at the end of my sophomore year, my department chairman put me up for a job doing weekend weather in Syracuse, New York. ”