Good Bye, Splitzer

July 6th, 2011
09:44 PM ET
Eliot Spitzer signs off 'In The Arena'



Posted by:
Steve Frank - Digital Producer

Eliot Spitzer quotes Theodore Roosevelt as he signs off as host of "In The Arena" on CNN. The show will air with guest hosts until "Anderson Cooper 360°" launches at 8pm ET on August 8.

Here's a transcript of Spitzer's farewell, including a passage from Roosevelt's "Citizenship in a Republic speech (sometimes referred to as "The Man In The Arena" speech) at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910:

SPITZER: That's it for tonight. This is my last program. And I thought the best way to sign off is with a quotation from Theodore Roosevelt. It is, in fact, the passage from which we took the title of the program "IN THE ARENA."

Here it is: It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood which strives valiantly, who errs, who comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victor nor defeat.

Thanks for watching. Good night from New York.

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