Bernard Ebbers quotes:

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I used practically all the money I had available.

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

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

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

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

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud

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