Obama: 'I'm proud of saving the American economy'

President Obama says his proudest accomplishment is avoiding another Great Depression.

"I'm proud of saving the American economy, and we still have a long way to go," Obama told CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Obama said his team's policies stabilized the economy after the financial crisis of 2008, and laid "a new foundation to move forward."

He added: "That gives us now the capacity to tackle what was an overriding theme of my campaign way back in 2008, and that is to restore middle class economics and the capacity for people to get into the middle class."

In terms of foreign policy, Obama cited the winding down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama discussed his potential legacy after Zakaria asked how how history might describe his presidency in one line.

"I'm going to let somebody else answer that question," Obama said. "Somebody probably more articulate and pithy than I am."