"William Robert Singer" is a former baseball pitcher with a 14-year career from 1964 to 1977. He played primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–72) and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/California Angels (1973–75), spending his final two seasons with the Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers (1976), Minnesota Twins (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977).

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Is it going to stop the practices? By and large, yes. Completely? No, ... The big issue is not what Wall Street does under scrutiny of the regulators but what Wall Street does when the regulators are off on something else.

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The issue is whether the regulatory unit of the New York Stock Exchange will survive. It's not just fighting for recognition; it's fighting for survival.

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What always frightens people is personal exposure, ... Nothing hits home like pricking yourself with a needle and signing with blood.

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The next time one of my clients gets named in a regulatory complaint, the resolution should be that the penny-stock company should spend millions on furniture and liquor for the company, and we'll settle the case.

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