t. boone pickens to stop his takeover bid. >> it is no secret thatoff made about $500 million through losing on your attempted takeovers. do you go into it anticipating the loss is still going to stand you very well? >> you never like to lose, but if you lose and make money, well, it makes it a little easier. >> i remember someplace, the guy got up and said, i have a question. he said, you're making a lot of money out of this. and i said, the shareholders are too. he said, yes, but you're a fast buck artist. fast buck artist? i said, who in the hell would want to be known as a slow buck artist? >> i see it as a free enterprise system working at its best. >> pickens was really the first major investor to realize how undervalued american companies were and what you could buy there. and it was his early tilt at gulf city services, all these famous deals that brought this new reality to the attention of other investors who followed in his wake and sought to imitate what he did. >> i freely admit, i am an investor and i want to mak