Bernard Ebbers

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

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

I used practically all the money I had available.

We very much regret that our merger with Sprint was not allowed to proceed.

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

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

Our investments in data, Internet and international have been particularly timely and have positioned the company to post industry-leading incremental revenue gains.

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

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

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

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

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