Jayson Blair

“I was a young man who was very much in over his head.”

“I lied and I lied - and then I lied some more.”

“The lies I told were a way of saying, I am not good enough. I am not good enough to have this job.”

“I wanted to be a star. I wanted to be a big-time New York Times reporter... I wanted to be a big-time player.”

“It was the worst thing that I have ever done in my life.”

“I think what I did was a result of a personal crisis that I was going through.”

“I was in a very competitive environment, and I felt I wasn't good enough.”

“My life's work is ruined.”

“I think the scandal will follow me for the rest of my life.”