I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.

- Jayson Blair

Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.

- Jayson Blair

I can't say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for thos…

- Jayson Blair

Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of, my moral and ethical underpi…

- Jayson Blair

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

- Jayson Blair

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

- Jayson Blair

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.

- Jayson Blair

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.

- Jayson Blair

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case.

- Jayson Blair