In a speech to the University of Minnesota Alumni Association this weekend, Katie Couric reflected on her 2006 CBS Evening News debut:

“According to the critics, I couldn’t do anything right. From the white jacket I wore on the first night…to my makeup, to the way I held my hands on the anchor desk, to the stories we did. I had to tell myself, ‘You’re good at your job, you have something to offer and who the hell do these people think they are anyhow?’”