Bernard Ebbers on economy
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I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers I don’t know technology and engineering. I don’t know accounting.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers I don’t know about technology and I don’t know about finance and accounting.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers 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 EbbersBernard Ebbers The coachs job is to get the best players and get them to play together.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers 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 EbbersBernard Ebbers 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 EbbersBernard Ebbers I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers I know what I don’t know. To this day, I don’t know technology, and I don’t know finance or accounting.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers I wasn’t ever advised by Scott Sullivan of anything ever being wrong.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I’ve been in the process of selling others.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers I didn’t have anything to apologize for.
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