Aaron Anderson: Marty, one last question, I read in your biography, some of the highlights, you are very involved with the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and it got me to thinking: to what degree does your personal, Christian faith affect your decisions, affect your style of leadership?

Marty Dickens: Aaron, I will tell you the way I try to conduct myself is . . . I am a Christian, and I try not to act differently at work, versus home versus church versus being involved in the community, I am just who I am, and I let, I hope I let, allow my faith to guide how I conduct myself. So I guess the real simple answer is: I just am who I am, and I don't make apologies for that, and I try to live the same wherever I am, and conduct myself the same wherever I am. Hopefully that will allow me to make good decisions wherever that may be in whatever I am doing, and I try to ensure that that plays into decisions I make here in this office or here at this company, how I respond to people both inside and outside of the company, how I respond to situations inside and outside this company, and you know our company is a company that works very hard at doing the right thing. Our company is built on character, integrity, and commitment to excellent service. Well above all else, we want to be a company of character and integrity.

Well, my faith fits perfectly with that, so I am just trying to be myself and let my faith guide me in what I do.

Aaron Anderson: I appreciate that, I am sure a lot of students watching this going forward are going to be encouraged that to become a Tennessee State President of Bellsouth doesn't mean you have to throw out any particular aspect of your character, rather build on it.

Marty Dickens: Absolutely.

Aaron Anderson: I appreciate that. Well let me just say on behalf of Tennessee Tech, and the future students that are going to be viewing this film, how much we appreciate your coming, and sharing your leadership feelings and thoughts and everything on that. I appreciate that very much.

Marty Dickens: Absolutely, thank you Aaron, and I appreciate the time.

Aaron Anderson: Okay.