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I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this.

Bernard Ebbers

We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss.
BERNARD EBBERS

Boss Economy Growing
I just want you to know you aren’t going to church with a crook.
BERNARD EBBERS

Church Crooks Want
We work here in Mississippi because we started here, and we are certainly happy here. Those of us working out of Jackson intend to continue working out of Jackson.
BERNARD EBBERS

Continue Mississippi Started Working
I don’t know about technology and I don’t know about finance and accounting.
BERNARD EBBERS

Accounting Finance Technology
The strength in our third-quarter financial results is cause for excitement. I’m particularly pleased that we continue to demonstrate impressive growth at the same time we are engaged in important merger discussions.
BERNARD EBBERS

Engagement Growth Important
I wasn’t ever advised by Scott Sullivan of anything ever being wrong.
BERNARD EBBERS

Being Economy Wrong
I know what I don’t know. To this day, I don’t know technology, and I don’t know finance or accounting.
BERNARD EBBERS

Economy Finance Technology
I don’t know technology and engineering. I don’t know accounting.
BERNARD EBBERS

Economy Engineering Technology
Well, you have to understand where we came from. We are not here because we decided 10 years ago that we were going to be x-size company, and, oh, yeah, Jackson would be a good headquarters.
BERNARD EBBERS

Out Size Work Years
I used practically all the money I had available.
BERNARD EBBERS

Available Economy Used
I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I’ve been in the process of selling others.
BERNARD EBBERS

Asset Economy Selling
I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.
BERNARD EBBERS

Coaching Economy Marketing
The coachs job is to get the best players and get them to play together.
BERNARD EBBERS

Jobs Player Together
I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this.
BERNARD EBBERS

Economy Ideas People
No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.
BERNARD EBBERS

Committed Fraud Hype
I didn’t have anything to apologize for.
BERNARD EBBERS

Apologizing Apology Economy
I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.
BERNARD EBBERS

Economy Lost Way

I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this.

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