Quotes from Tamron Hall

Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times.

I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa.

I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.

I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.

You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother.

The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact.

It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis.

I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.

I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want to find someone to share my life with.

I was 7 years old, and I challenged everything. I never accepted answers on face value.

I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.

Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline.

I've been engaged a couple times.

Someone - a man - advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.

I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows.

We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.