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" I know that people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but what I did was immoral, illegal, unethical, and something that I am not proud of - nor will I ever be proud of. "

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" When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered. "

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" Everything I have today was because of the love of a woman. "

" I was always accepted at par value. I wore the uniform of a Pan Am pilot; therefore, I must be a Pan Am pilot. "

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" I teach ethics at the FBI academy, which is ironic. "

" It's about taking the time to research and think things out. Honest people and criminals do the same thing; just the direction, good or bad, is different. "

" You have to be smarter and a wiser businessperson and consumer. You have to learn to protect yourself through education. "

" It's quite flattering to have Leonardo DiCaprio play you in the movie. He's a great-looking young man. "

" I would have thought technology would have made it harder to do what I did. "

" Mostly, cybercriminals are motivated to commit crime for financial gain. "

" I'm so different from the egotistical, self-centred person I was when I did those things. And to watch someone acting out your memories on the screen is like reliving it. Like someone taking you back and showing you what you did. "

" I use a shredder for bank statements and phone bills. Most people use ribbon shredders that cut things straight: we can put those back together in an hour. Look for a security microcut shredder, which cuts papers into confetti. "

" Most people don't reconcile their bank accounts. "

" You can sit in a room and create anything you want on a laptop. That's why the real con men are gone. "

" I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it and blew the bulk of the bundle on fine threads, gourmet foods, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, fine wheels, and other sensual goodies. "

" You get to a point in your life where you go, 'I don't remember what I did.' "

" The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera. "

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" A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father. "

" I didn't sit outside the bank and plan. I just went in and ad libbed because I was so young. But I was smart enough to know I would absolutely get caught. "

" You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you. "

" I contend that there really are no more con men. There's no need for con men anymore. There's no need for the very sophisticated, suave guy, the well-dressed guy. Today, you steal with the computer from thousands of miles away - from China, from Libya, from Hong Kong. Your victim's never going to see you, so there's no need to be any of that. "

" I owe a debt to my country 800 times greater than I could ever repay. "

" People care about others in their immediate network. "

" In all the years I've taught at the FBI Academy, I've only seen crime get easier, faster, and harder to detect. "

" I use a credit card for everything - and I choose one of the ones which gives you money back. "

" We really need to get control over Social Security numbers. My children's generation, they're past it. But their children should be able to have a number that is secure. "

" People have found very significant and simple ways to cheat their employer and get money out of their employers, and many companies lack good internal controls. "

" I learned early that class is universally admired. "

" You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive. "

" It's really frustrating when you're an identity-theft victim, and you go to the police and you say, 'This guy in Florida, he stole my name and got a credit card - this is his address,' and they say, 'We don't have jurisdiction in Florida. You need to go to the FBI.' "

" Too many of us are vulnerable, and I look forward to working with AARP to advise people about the safest ways to conduct their financial transactions and manage social media. "