Steve Swindal Quotations

I think there should be more phone calls and more face-to-face meetings, and the guys from Tampa can come to New York and vice versa. Certainly there should be better communication; there's no excuse with modern communications as we have it today. That's where we've fallen short, and I blame all of us for that.

I'm not sure how you can translate that. But in the end, if you don't talk in one clear voice, there's a lot of finger-pointing, and that's not helpful. If you're operating more efficiently, that should translate into better decisions.

The Boss is the managing general partner, and he's going to guide the ship accordingly. But we certainly want to improve the process as well.

It wasn't something I sat up all night and thought about. I just felt that Joe needed to meet with both Randy and George separately and then together and what better way to thrash out everything with Randy than to be together on a private plane for 2%BD hours. We just needed to get everyone on the same page.