>> mickey mantle? you are the mickey mantle of broadcasters. mickey mantle played 18 seasons.more than that. so i know some people out there will say it may be inappropriate to say too soon for a man who is in his 70s but it is too soon. i hope you're doing this of your own volition and not because of what the media says. >> larry: that had nothing to do with it. there was no pressure from cnn. don't pay attention to that. i love what i do. but it was time, bill. it was time. it was time. >> as long as it's coming from you and not dictated by "the new york times" or anybody else. >> larry: not at all. i did the 25th anniversary week. we had lady gaga. we had bill gates. we had president obama and lebron james. i'm flying home from that week and i'm thinking to myself, i've done 50,000 interviews. i'm never going to top this. i want to go on. i want new horizons. i want to try other things. i'd like to stay somewhere with cnn. this whole thing was put together in four or five days. and i'm here ready to carry on. i'll be on tomorrow night. >> i did hear people say, you know, la