Bernard Ebbers Quotes

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

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

We have the right assets for a fast-growing digital business.

We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-generation network deployment, which should not only sustain future revenue growth but also drive significant cost reductions across all communications services.

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.

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

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

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.

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

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

I used practically all the money I had available.

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

I never thought anything like that would have gone on.

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

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

I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook.

I guess the one question I will not get today is: When are you going to do anything about cellular?

I expected results.

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

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international - three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services.

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