Steve Capus Quotations

We feel as though our consistency and the strength of our team is what comes through right now.

We feel the need to address safety questions on an hour-by-hour basis. Situations change quickly. We talk about safety matters all day long.

Look, this is what we are built for. You've got mundane days in the business and then days like this when all your work and planning are put to the test. We've got two small armies in two different parts of the world.

I look forward to having a good fight.

We are always looking for more ways to reach our audience with our reporting, and this DVD series is a great outlet, ... It enables us to put some of the most compelling material all in one place, and really encapsulates the stories of our time in a unique way.

When the venture began 10 years ago, who would have imagined that they would have grown so big?

We believe that this story has so many elements to it and it's going to be so far-reaching that it was only appropriate to establish a bureau there. We have deployed enormous resources to that whole region, and this was a natural progression from there.

We would all be foolish to ignore that number about how much we're off. We all have to figure out new ways to grow the audience. That's why we're putting so much emphasis on these new platforms. It gives us a whole new group of audience members that weren't there before necessarily, and don't sit down to watch the 'Nightly News' at 6:30 every night.

You have to be responsible, and I don't think viewers expect us to take chances with safety. Nobody wants that and we don't allow it.

You don't hold back. This is a day and age where you need to get news out there. People expect it.

I've been fortunate to work with Cheryl for my entire career at NBC News, ... She is a real pro who knows this business-and particularly NBC News-inside and out, and we are so pleased to have her back at 30 Rock.

It would have been very easy to put Brian in some area that would appear to be the end of the world, and he was one gust from being blown away.

Acquiring a controlling interest in MSNBC will allow us to fully integrate the channel into our news operations and our overall cable platform.

This is a real commitment, and we are going to do this for a substantial amount of time. I'm not going to put an end date on it because there is no way of knowing how long this is going to be needed.

This is not a flash in the pan, ... This is going to go into the next year.

You can't just do the broadcast alone. You have to be on every platform you can.

This is the next logical step for 'Nightly' and NBC News, ... We know that just as fast as technology is changing, people's lives are changing too, and they expect our newscasts to keep up with those changes.

It was pretty extraordinary. He's helped redefine what the anchor role should be.

If Mike Wallace decides that he still wants to be in the game, we have a home for him. There are very few times when you get to welcome someone of his caliber into your organization.

If you stand pat and don't evolve, I don't care if you're first place or third place, you're doomed to extinction, ... (Evening newscasts) play an incredibly important role in America, but we're talking about the No. 1 nightly newscast in America and pushing it into an important new realm.

I don't think Mr. Rather was reckless, ... Just as they broke the mold when they made him in Texas, I think they broke the mold (for his type of hurricane coverage) when Dan retired.

You can see why there is a pressing need to do this.

The ending of the 50/50 partnership with Microsoft will give us more flexibility to continue the progress we've made.