I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.

Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.

When in 1969 I became publisher of the 'Washington Post' as well as president of the company, my plate was fuller than ever. I had partly worked myself into the job but not, except for rare occasions, taken hold. I had acquired some sense of business but still relied on others more than most company presidents did.

We need to have a better balance between a deliberate strategy and staying open. Because in the end, most of us end up being successful in a career that we never imagined we would be in at the beginning.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

After your career, you go to matches, and you see so many unnecessary goals because a person is just looking where the ball is and not his opponent. Well, a ball alone has never scored a goal.