Sam Bankman-Fried

“It would be obviously, you know, ultimately up to the president, not up to me,”

“I'd give anything to be out there, trying to make a positive difference in the world, but I know that's not going to happen. I can't help from prison,”

“At the root, SullCrom's role in the prosecution, the one-sided media frenzy they incited, and the defense's inability to get in critical evidence at trial, infected the whole process,”

“It's most of what I think about each day,”

“I've heard and seen the despair, frustration and sense of betrayal from thousands of customers; they deserve to be paid in full, at current price,”

“I'm deeply sorry about what happened,”

“On Nov. 5 I was feeling quite good about that. On Nov. 7 I was feeling quite uneasy about that.”

“I realize I’m being a difficult pain in the ass right now and that I’m not in a position to be a pain in the ass and like, that’s shitty,”

“I was shocked by what happened this month. And you know, reconstructing it, there are things I wish I had done differently.”

“I saw it as a thriving, growing business,”

“I have a duty to talk. I have a duty to explain what happened. And I have a duty to do everything I can to try and do what's right.”