Larry King Live (CNN) - 1999-12-17 (Gerald Ford)
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:01] Sports Tonight with Fred and Vince. 11
[0:03] Eastern on CNN.
[0:06] >> My fellow Americans,
[0:08] our long national nightmare is over.
[0:13] >> Tonight, he led the country out of
[0:15] scandal and survived two assassination
[0:17] attempts. President Gerald Ford in our
[0:20] millennium month is here for the next
[0:22] hour on Larry King Live.
[0:26] [Music]
[0:34] This is our Millennium Month on Larry
[0:35] King Live and what a great honor to have
[0:37] as one of our special guests, President
[0:39] Gerald Ford, who this year received the
[0:41] Presidential Medal of Freedom and the
[0:43] Congressional Gold Medal. And he is 80.
[0:46] You're 86.
[0:47] >> That's right. I can't change the
[0:49] numbers.
[0:50] >> How does it feel to be 86? What is that
[0:52] like?
[0:53] >> I feel great, Larry. I'm very healthy in
[0:57] every way. A couple of uh knee
[1:00] replacements, but other than that, uh
[1:02] I'm doing fine. And having a hard time
[1:05] keeping up with Betty.
[1:06] >> All old football players eventually have
[1:08] knee replacements, right?
[1:10] >> That's pretty true.
[1:11] >> Why didn't you go to the NFL? You had
[1:14] you were three teams were after you and
[1:16] you chose to go to Yale. Well, uh, when
[1:19] I got through Michigan, I was offered,
[1:21] uh, opportunities at the Green Bay
[1:23] Packers and the Detroit Lions, but I had
[1:27] a chance to go to Yale as a assistant
[1:31] football coach and go to law school at
[1:34] the same time. So, that opportunity was
[1:37] so uh, wonderful, I couldn't turn down
[1:41] the chance to further my education and
[1:44] earn some money in the meantime.
[1:46] >> See, what a mistake. You could have made
[1:47] something out of yourself. What a
[1:49] mistake you made. Do are there ever
[1:50] t