Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Bernard Ebbers

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian businessman Bernard Ebbers.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Bernard John Ebbers was a Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom and a convicted fraudster. Under his management, WorldCom grew rapidly but collapsed in 2002 amid revelations of accounting irregularities, making it at the time one of the largest accounting scandals in the United States. Ebbers blamed his subordinates but was convicted of fraud and conspiracy. In December 2019, Ebbers was released from Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth, due to declining health, having served 13 years of his 25-year sentence, and he died just over a month later.

Canadian - Businessman | Born: August 27, 1941

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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.

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

I never thought anything like that would have gone on.

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard 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 Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

Bernard Ebbers

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

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I used practically all the money I had available.

Bernard Ebbers

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

Bernard Ebbers

I expected results.

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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 Ebbers

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.

Bernard Ebbers

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.

Bernard 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. 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.

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