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

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

I don’t know technology and engineering. I don’t know accounting.

I don’t know about technology and I don’t know about finance and accounting.

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.

I used practically all the money I had available.

The coachs job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

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.

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.

I know what I don’t know. To this day, I don’t know technology, and I don’t know finance or accounting.

I wasn’t ever advised by Scott Sullivan of anything ever being wrong.

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

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

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

I didn’t have anything to apologize for.