Sean Coffey Quotations

I would be very skeptical of any claim that any plaintiff did better than a class member.

I can't separate myself from them; what kind of leader would that be? Also, that's my position. I can't separate myself from that. I'm going to be in everybody's ear from (quarterback) Brad (Smith) to a defensive back or whoever. But my guys who are wide receivers, I'm going to be in their ear the most because that's who I'm with. I'd never abandon those guys.

He's a good passer and he threw the ball to where only I could catch it.

It appears to us that bankers were more interested in pocketing their fees than protecting their clients.

(Last year) it was just three of us. So the secondary might be able to look at one side or favor one side. Now that it's four or five guys out there and you've got to play evenly. So everybody gets more room, there's more one-on-one action, and with the athletic ability that we have, it allows us to get open easier.

Our clients were quite impressed with the vision of Nortel's new management and the plans for the future.

You have to wonder how the auditors and investment bankers could have missed so many 11th-hour deals involving hundreds of millions of dollars at a time.

Now I have a lot more time to talk to them, and they probably won't like me as much,

This case was five or six years of litigation telescoped into less than three, which is a testament to a hands-on judge determined to get a fair and just resolution for investors and defendants as quickly as the judicial system will permit. We are extremely gratified by the kind words she has to say and look forward to pushing hard to process claims in accordance with the formula approved today and distributing this historic recovery to the victims of the WorldCom fraud as quickly as we can.

This field has been plowed. This strikes me as not only old news, but very old news ... The only difference seems to be that the lawyers won the right to publicize it.

It was (Andersen's) job to look under the hood, to check the tires and to tell investors this car was safe to drive.

It was a big surprise. But you've got to do what you're told, and when I'm out there I'm out there to play.

It was just a perfect ball. I'm the tallest guy out there, and he put it up high so nobody could get it but me.

The settlement is a result of our careful and in-depth scrutiny of Nortel's proprietary financial information, which was analyzed by our investment banking team.

I'm just going to rehab and see where it goes. That's all I can really do.

If he sees guys are down or if he sees we're having a sluggish practice, he's the first guy clapping his hands and talking loud and trying to get everybody up. He has so much respect that everybody listens to him. During the game, he's patting cats on the head and trying to keep guys up. He's real quiet outside of football, but when it's football time, he's the ideal player a coach wants to have.