Barack Obama actually said...

"I'm optimistic. I'm hopeful. I'm confident that we can come together."

"I just want to thank Jeffrey and Marilyn and all of you who were involved in helping put this together."

"How am I going to pull up the ladder on the next generation of kids who are just as talented, smarter than I am?"

"It was about commitments we made to each other as Americans, about who we are and what we care about."