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

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.

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 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.

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

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