Jeffrey Skilling Quotes (28 Quotes)

Was I believer in Enron Corporation? Yes, sir, I was.

You can never say everything you want to say. I feel I had a fair opportunity to explain a lot of the questions.

We were building a - what I thought was a fantastic company. We had great people. We were changing - we were changing the way the marketplace operated. We were creating a market for natural gas and electricity that had never existed before.

I have nothing to hide, Mr. Berkowitz, so I don't think it's a question of tailoring your testimony. I will respond to your questions to the best of my ability.

Well, as we built the business in the 1990's, as I said, I enjoyed that.

I'm sorry, I have to calm down here.

I thought the stock was a great buy. I think anybody that bought the stock in 1999 was - saw over the next couple of years a strong growth. During the year of 1999, I significantly increased my ownership of shares in the company.

In some ways, my life is on the line. I'm absolutely innocent of these charges.

So I told Vince he didn't have to worry, we have plenty of cops in (the group).

The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.

Are the things that now, in retrospect, with what I've seen happen to my company, would I have done some things differently? I think - I think we all would do - we would do a number of things differently.

He was a good guy. He was very good at what he did. He had a good sense of humor.

This was about protecting gains, not hiding losses.

The company is in great shape.

Not that I recall. I don't use the word juice in that context.

It's been a tough six years, it's been a really hard six years.

It was a very difficult 10 years of very hard work.

Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990 to really start our wholesale merchant business.

This list here is one of the most sophisticated groups of investors I have ever seen in one single investment. I doubt seriously they would have let us control their investment.

If we don't do this, the books that will get written will be wrong, like the books that have been written so far. I am innocent of all of these charges and I will fight for that for a long time.

We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll.

I am absolutely positive. There is no truth to that allegation.

I've waited five years, I think I can wait another weekend.

In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets.

In the business world, allegations of accounting irregularities is tantamount to yelling fire in a crowded theater, except, today, in our Internet world, instead of people running for the exit signs, they just push the button on their computer.

I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership.

Larry, I spent probably most of my professional life helping to build Enron Corporation. I don't think there was anyone that was as shocked by the - by the collapse of the company as I was.

I think we had made some tremendous progress in the six months before I left.