Quotes about Manager

Manager! Have brain - use it! Votes: 3

Manager solves problems, leader prevents them. Votes: 3

I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms. Votes: 3

He (Frank Robinson as Manager) can step on your shoes, but he doesn't mess up your shine. Votes: 3

If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness. Votes: 3

Freddy Demann (Shakira's Manager) is a man that knows the world of music. And I know that I am in good hands. Votes: 3

I want to encourage you to place yourself totally into God's hands and allow Him to be the Manager of your life. Votes: 3

Then it becomes necessary to get the field organisation to accept the help provided. This is normally the role of the Change Manager; to implement the change that no-one asked for or wants. Votes: 3

Manager' is a title, not a function. It's better to be one than not. Since you spend all day doing the job of the person above you, the higher up you are, the less you have to do. Votes: 3

My manager is definitely a mentor as well as Usher. Votes: 2

Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager. Votes: 2

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. Votes: 2

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager. Votes: 2

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance. Votes: 2

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.' Votes: 2

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided. Votes: 2

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product. Votes: 2

A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult. Votes: 2

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform. Votes: 2

I've been a DJ, janitor, ditch digger, waitress, computer instructor, programmer, mechanic, web developer, clerk, manager, marketing director, tour guide and dorm manager, among other things. Votes: 2

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can. Votes: 2

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes. Votes: 2

If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then. Votes: 2

In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan. Votes: 2

I'm quite bullish. We're coming up on year 15 of a flat stock market. Historically that's a pretty good sign. So I'm not a hedge-fund manager but if I was I think I'd be feeling pretty good. Votes: 2

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts. Votes: 2

One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot. Votes: 2

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business. Votes: 2

I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work. Votes: 2

A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit. Votes: 2

The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway. Votes: 2

Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job. Even if you eliminate what makes you dissatisfied, that doesn't make you motivated. It doesn't make your work rewarding. You just are less bothered by things. Votes: 2

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor. Votes: 2

I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do. Votes: 2

Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else. Votes: 2

No manager ever won no ballgames. Votes: 0

The international manager reconciles cultural dilemmas Votes: 0

A manager doesn't hear the cheers. Votes: 0

The manager administers; the leader innovates. Votes: 0

Who is his manager? Milton Bradley. Votes: 0

A baseball manager is a necessary evil. Votes: 0

My manager always preaches golf comes first. Votes: 0

The days of the 'intuitive' manager are numbered. Votes: 0

People leave their manager; they don't leave companies. Votes: 0

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager. Votes: 0

A manager is an assistant to his men. Votes: 0

Everybody needs a career manager.- Lady Macbeth Votes: 0

As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.' Votes: 0

There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for. Votes: 0

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well. Votes: 0

Any manager can do well in an expanding market. Votes: 0

Anywhere my manager tells me to go, I go. Votes: 0

The prime occupational hazard of a manager is superficiality. Votes: 0

Your time as a manager is finite and valuable. Votes: 0

I never thought I was a very good manager. Votes: 0

You're not a real manager unless you've been sacked. Votes: 0

My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins. Votes: 0

The players make the manager, it's never the other way. Votes: 0

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. Votes: 0

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness. Votes: 0

Don’t be a time manager, be a priority manager... Votes: 0

My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts. Votes: 0

Sir Alex Ferguson ceases to amaze me as a manager Votes: 0

I'm a risk manager, but I'm also a risk taker. Votes: 0

Analyzin' miss clairol, fendi'd down mascara on, assistant manager in paragon Votes: 0

People who cost too much: manager, lawyer, publicist, label, music publisher. Votes: 0

There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant. Votes: 0

The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing. Votes: 0

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. Votes: 0

A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'. Votes: 0

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later. Votes: 0

I am very proud and honour-red to be the England manager. Votes: 0

My manager has a car payment, so I work every night. Votes: 0

My manager says we've been working with the FDA on this. Votes: 0

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. Votes: 0

A great property manager is key to success in real estate. Votes: 0

To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness. Votes: 0

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. Votes: 0

I'm a project manager, not a magician. Magicians have way cooler hats. Votes: 0

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager Votes: 0

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. Votes: 0

I want to be a manager for new artists, get real estate... Votes: 0

He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off Votes: 0

When results aren't good the manager gets the sack, that's the game. Votes: 0

I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever! Votes: 0

What I expect is a little more respect from a fellow manager. Votes: 0

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. Votes: 0

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability. Votes: 0

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager. Votes: 0

A manager has his cards dealt to him and he must play them. Votes: 0

Achieving the highest possible return on human capital must be every manager's goal. Votes: 0

I had a terrible manager once who described my career as 'spiraling downward. Votes: 0

If a manager of mine ever said someone was indispensable, I'd fire him. Votes: 0

If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well. Votes: 0

Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader. Votes: 0

Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should. Votes: 0

My manager said the next best inspiration to heartbreak is travel, and it's true. Votes: 0

I had a terrible manager once who described my career as 'spiraling downward.' Votes: 0

I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important. Votes: 0

If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well. Votes: 0

Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach. Votes: 0

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent. Votes: 0

Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records. Votes: 0

I don't have a label, I don't have a manager, I'm doing everything myself. Votes: 0

I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day. Votes: 0

The responsibility will always go with the manager - you put out the team. Votes: 0

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager. Votes: 0

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever. Votes: 0

I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. Votes: 0

For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. Votes: 0

I'm not going to sit here and bash the manager, we have to regroup. Votes: 0

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever. Votes: 0

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager Votes: 0

My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner. Votes: 0

A manager can't act like a role model. They need to BE a role model. Votes: 0

Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well. Votes: 0

My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work. Votes: 0

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. Votes: 0

An investor doesn't have a prayer of picking a manager that can deliver true alpha. Votes: 0

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager. Votes: 0

I do appreciate that the most important thing as manager is to get good results. Votes: 0

My mother is my manager and so knows exactly what I do and so on. Votes: 0

Mutual fund manager performance does not persist and the return of stock picking is zero. Votes: 0

I like my privacy, and my personal bank manager is one of my favourite people. Votes: 0

When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no. Votes: 0

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager. I'm trying to be great. Votes: 0

People come to see the players. Nobody ever bought a ticket to see a manager. Votes: 0

I'm open to any collabos if the price is right, just hit up my manager. Votes: 0

There is a leader in every manager, there is not a manager in every leader. Votes: 0

Our hope is that a new manager, along with roster improvements, will restore a winning culture. Votes: 0

The manager could not even talk to us at the interval. He said we were bad. Votes: 0

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager. Votes: 0

Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa. Votes: 0

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players. Votes: 0

A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it. Votes: 0

The agenda should be crafted by the employee who reports to the manager not the manager. Votes: 0

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach. Votes: 0

The one who actually decided that I should keep my name was my manager, Erv Woolsey. Votes: 0

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician. Votes: 0

I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players. Votes: 0

A manager's ability to turn meetings into a thinking environment is probably an organization's greatest asset. Votes: 0

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't. Votes: 0

When John (Giles) was manager of Ireland, much as he loved me, he still dropped me. Votes: 0

If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever Votes: 0

We did not have anyone like a manager, who could guide us and make it happen. Votes: 0

If you want peace of mind I suggest you resign as general manager of the universe. Votes: 0

Yesterday, Saddam Hussein got 100 percent of the vote. Well, that's according to Saddam's campaign manager, Jeb Hussein. Votes: 0

An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager. Votes: 0

I've never had a manager, and I've had various agents, and, fortunately or unfortunately, I've been blessed. Votes: 0

A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team. Votes: 0

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. Votes: 0

the middle manager is doomed to remain just that. Once an office rat, always an office rat. Votes: 0

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. Votes: 0

I do want to be a manager one day. It might be 10 years, I don't know when. Votes: 0

My manager wants me to dress like a nun and I want to dress like a teenager. Votes: 0

The fact is: You are not a manager of circumstance, you're the architect of your life's experience. Votes: 0

The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses. Votes: 0

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. Votes: 0

Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me. Votes: 0

Telephone message on his manager's answering machine shortly before dying of heroin overdose: I need help bad, man. Votes: 0

Donald Trump's campaign manager said that you built a lot of businesses on the backs of little guys. Votes: 0

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager Votes: 0

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. Votes: 0

Index funds eliminate the risks of individual stocks, market sectors, and manager selection. Only stock market risk remains. Votes: 0

When I go to a restaurant I always ask the manager, "Give me a table near a waiter." Votes: 0

My manager makes fun of me for the fact that I avoid the money, I'm allergic to money. Votes: 0

I'm an office manager for Office Max. I have two daughters. I'm married. I have a normal job. Votes: 0

The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act. Votes: 0

One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one. Votes: 0

The C.E.O.'s job in a creativity-driven company is to be an impresario, not a manager. Votes: 0

I had started doing theater in high school, and while I was doing that, I got my manager. Votes: 0

Grateful to The Kerry Gaynor Method for saving my manager's life. He quit smoking thanks to their genius Method. Votes: 0

I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. Votes: 0

As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong. Votes: 0

Honestly, six months before getting 'Orange Is the New Black,' I remember telling my manager I was done. Votes: 0

There's only two types of manager. Those who've been sacked and those who will be sacked in then future Votes: 0

If we play in the right way and do what the manager asks us then we will win games, Votes: 0

Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers. Votes: 0

If you've got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour. Votes: 0

I didn't think it would be possible, but it appears Isiah Thomas is a worse general manager than coach..... Votes: 0

Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician. Votes: 0

I have been skeptical and not trusting of traditional models of the entertainment industry. I never got a manager. Votes: 0

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things. Votes: 0

There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager. Votes: 0

I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently. Votes: 0

Both of the Villa scorers were born in Liverpool, as was the Villa manager, who was born in Birkenhead. Votes: 0

I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility. Votes: 0

Rick Santorum is the grandson of a coal miner. His dad was the manager of a V.A. hospital. Votes: 0

The problem is, we elected a manager and we need a leader. Let's face it: Bush is just dim. Votes: 0

The manager's function is not to make people work, it is to make it possible for people to work. Votes: 0

The leader goes also to the less traditional networking meetings. The manager participates in networking events organized and promoted. Votes: 0

In high school I was the manager of the football team, so being around boys is natural to me! Votes: 0

If a manager spends more than 10 percent of his time on "human relations" the group is probably too large. Votes: 0

I remember my manager telling me, Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first. Those words were very helpful. Votes: 0

I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful. Votes: 0

Most corporations have human-resources processes that involve discussions with your manager, performance evaluations, calibrations for performance and potential succession planning. Votes: 0

Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men. Votes: 0

He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him. Votes: 0

I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job. Votes: 0

If I have to tell a guy he's got something to do, I consider myself a failure as a manager. Votes: 0

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life. Votes: 0

I like to make everything my friends are involved in a little better. I should have just become a manager. Votes: 0

I hope we get a decision shortly - I will be dead soon. (on wanting to be Man City manager) Votes: 0

A manager of people knows that in this stable state it is distracting to tell the worker about a mistake. Votes: 0

I don't like the anonymity of the banking process - people now don't have a bank manager they ever meet. Votes: 0

I think that not relying too heavily on one bank and one bank manager is a good rule to learn. Votes: 0

I went to drama school but it was very hard to get work until I was made assistant stage manager. Votes: 0

No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years. Votes: 0

We don't man-mark anybody. I have never, ever done it in 27 years as a manager and I would never do it, Votes: 0

The England manager job is not for me - I'm very happy wih what I'm doing in French football for now. Votes: 0

I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager. Votes: 0

There is one qualification the manager cannot acquire but must bring to the task. It is not genius; it is character. Votes: 0

A Wall Street money manager should not be able to pay a lower tax rate than a teacher or a nurse. Votes: 0

I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself. Votes: 0

A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend . . . Votes: 0

I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end. Votes: 0

I have the best agent, manager, publicist, acting coach, and lawyer. Without them, I wouldn't have the opportunities that I've had. Votes: 0

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio. Votes: 0

The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it. Votes: 0

As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make. Votes: 0

Until Scrubs, I didnt have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way. Votes: 0

I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity. Votes: 0

I've always felt happy at Newcastle. But things have gone a bit differently for me since we got a new manager. Votes: 0

I worked as a trainee manager for two years after leaving university - then got bored with the nine to five. Votes: 0

I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg. Votes: 0

Every manager dreams of a job like this [the England job] and I will be sure to learn English within one month. Votes: 0

A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers. Votes: 0

Everyone should own a piece of the wealth-producing capital of this country, but not everyone can be a manager. Or should be. Votes: 0

I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline. Votes: 0

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. Votes: 0

I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization. Votes: 0

The job of a manager is to support his or her staff, not vice versa, and that begins by being among them. Votes: 0

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good. Votes: 0

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. Votes: 0

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes. Votes: 0

Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009. Votes: 0

Im still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but thats just the way I am. Votes: 0

There are only two things a manager needs to know: When to change pitchers and how to get along with your players. Votes: 0

As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there Votes: 0

It has been an honor and a privilege to have had the chance to come back to Liverpool Football Club as manager. Votes: 0

My manager said, "Don't use liquor as a crutch!" I can't use liquor as a crutch, because a crutch helps me walk. Votes: 0

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager. Votes: 0

It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic. Votes: 0

Until 'Scrubs,' I didn't have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way. Votes: 0

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin was good. Votes: 0

The challenge of being a manager is to get the best out of everybody, not just the few who are clones of yourself. Votes: 0

The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments Votes: 0

Time is like an enterprising manager always bent on staging some new and surprising production, without knowing very well what it will be. Votes: 0

It's every manager's dream, I suppose, to build a team by coaching young players of 15 to 17. That's why I started a youth scheme. Votes: 0

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play. Votes: 0

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager. Votes: 0

Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent manager. Votes: 0

EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?" STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some. Votes: 0

The manager's job - the impresario's job - is to preside over the company's efforts to jam so the business runs really well. Votes: 0

I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge. (on being Manchester City manager) Votes: 0

At the end of day, a player needs the confidence of the manager, the support of the fans and to enjoy the game. Votes: 0

Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What's happening? What's not happening? and What can I do to influence the outcome? Votes: 0

Oh, there's all these rumors that I'm a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel's son, Reba McEntire's stepson. Votes: 0

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one. Votes: 0

My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard's history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them. Votes: 0

My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General. Votes: 0

When a new manager comes in, you need to show him what you can do, but that may mean waiting for your opportunity. Votes: 0

Any manager will tell you that they would rather win one and lose two than to draw three, because you get more points Votes: 0

The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom. Votes: 0

As a manager, you always have a gun to your head. It's a question of whether there is a bullet in the barrel. Votes: 0

The manager cannot share his power with division superintendent or foreman or workman, but he can give them opportunities for developing their power. Votes: 0

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility. Votes: 0

We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school. Votes: 0

Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives. Votes: 0

There's no media training. In cooking school, there's not even manager training. You learn the fundamentals of cooking. Everything else is learning by doing. Votes: 0

There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager. Votes: 0

It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision. Votes: 0

Try to pick a fund manager who has a well-defined strategy, has been through these things before, and go invest and stay with him. Votes: 0

I've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion for baseball. Votes: 0

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit. Votes: 0

Listen, son. You and I are professionals. If the manager says sacrifice, we lay down a bunt and let somebody else hit the homeruns. Votes: 0

Every manager would like to see a match decided in 90 minutes. Because I don't think there's any way you can prepare for penalty kicks. Votes: 0

He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance. Votes: 0

Toughest thing for me as a young manager is that a lot of my players saw me play. They know how bad I was. Votes: 0

I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission. Votes: 0

I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've been doing it since I was 13. Votes: 0

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy. Votes: 0

People love to play expectations games, and that is always bad for collaboration internal to a team, with your manager, or externally with customers. Votes: 0

Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager. Votes: 0

Bureaucrats behave very differently than a private-sector manager because their motivations are different. Permanent bureaucrats, no matter how senior, worry about their next job. Votes: 0

My mom was an actress, so I got with her boutique agency back in 2001 and started booking a few commercials. She's like my co-manager. Votes: 0

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase. Votes: 0

When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead Votes: 0

When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead. Votes: 0

You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win. Votes: 0

To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money! Votes: 0

I've been very fortunate and privileged as a player and manager - I've been successful and picked up a lot of knowledge and experience, Votes: 0

Everybody has his own theater, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwrite, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain. Votes: 0

If you want me to rule out ever being Manchester United manager, I can't. Special clubs need special managers, so in theory it could work. Votes: 0

You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is. Votes: 0

Being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening Votes: 0

There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of the Middle East. Votes: 0

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December. Votes: 0

There are hundreds of Canadian communities that have given more thought to hiring their rink manager than they have to electing their member of Parliament. Votes: 0

Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past. Votes: 0

The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers. Votes: 0

I'm washing lettuce. Soon, I'll be on fries. In a few years, I'll make assistant manager, and that's when the big bucks start rolling in. Votes: 0

I assisted with Russ [Manning] for about eleven months and my day job for 5 days a week was credit manager and paint salesman for Sherwin-Williams. Votes: 0

There is a kind of classlessness in the theater. The rehearsal pianist, the head carpenter, the stage manager, the star of the show-all are family. Votes: 0

It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation. Votes: 0

I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave. Votes: 0

I found that competition was supposed to be a menace and that a good manager circumvented his competitors by getting a monopoly by artificial means. Votes: 0

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. Votes: 0

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain. Votes: 0

They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors in the clubhouse. Votes: 0

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game. Votes: 0

Whenever something good comes up that sounds like I could be part of the project, my manager and my agents send me in on it. Votes: 0

But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone. Votes: 0

The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to work. Votes: 0

It's the price on the ticket and emphasizes the pressure every manager is under weather you are at the top or bottom of the league. Votes: 0

When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding. Votes: 0

If I told my wife I was going to become a manager she'd say 'sign this then. Don't worry it's only a divorce. Au revoir'. Votes: 0

When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight! Votes: 0

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach. Votes: 0

Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too. Votes: 0

I need to be out earning. I can make more in two hours at a card show than I did [as a minor-league manager] all year. Votes: 0

Information is the manager's main tool, indeed the manager's capital, and it is he who must decide what information he needs and how to use it. Votes: 0

I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be a very bad manager. Votes: 0

I'm a big micro manager; I'm a stickler about organisation; everything needs a place, a purpose, and micro managing myself even when I'm in the studio. Votes: 0

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. Votes: 0

I am grateful for the willingness of both Jurgen Klinsmann and Everton manager Roberto Martinez to afford me the opportunity to spend time with my kids. Votes: 0

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice. Votes: 0

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day. Votes: 0

You can't get out-fought and out-desired. I don't want to see that again. I won't tolerate less than 100 percent desire. I'm their manager, not their babysitter. Votes: 0

I think the next United manager is already at the club. It could be either Ryan Giggs or Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, who isn't at the club. Votes: 0

I'm really enjoying learning new ideas because eventually I want to become a manager myself so I'm gathering all this information from managers now and previously. Votes: 0

All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases, led to no advantage. Votes: 0

I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on. Votes: 0

If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and I don't need you. Votes: 0

A manager sets objectives - A manager organizes - A manager motivates and communicates - A manager, by establishing yardsticks, measures - A manager develops people . Votes: 0

Why would you want to stay manager and be second-guessed by me when you can come up into the front-office and be one of the second-guessers? Votes: 0

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father. Votes: 0

This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer is at once: scene, actor, prompter, stage manager, author, audience, and critic. Votes: 0

I don't have all these advisers, political advisers. I don't even talk to them because I'm not a slave to a campaign manager, and Trump isn't either. Votes: 0

My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway. Votes: 0

There are people who have been in this job for 20 years who will tell you that something new crops up every day. (on being Manchester City manager) Votes: 0

I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager. I really lucked into it! Votes: 0

It's human nature to find patterns where there are none and to find skill where luck is a more likely explanation (particularly if you're the lucky manager). Votes: 0

To be a manager requires more than a title, a big office, and other outward symbols of rank. It requires competence and performance of a high order. Votes: 0

The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied as the Giants, is great. Votes: 0

The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger. Votes: 0

It's the job of a manager not to light the fire of motivation, but to create an environment to let each person's personal spark of motivation blaze. Votes: 0

I was a better builder than a manager. I'd rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the risk with bunts and singles. Votes: 0

I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important. Votes: 0

A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules. Votes: 0

When I see something that needs to be corrected, I may talk to a store manager. I don't want to demoralize people when it's beyond their control. Votes: 0

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success. Votes: 0

The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage. Votes: 0

When I was asked to join this club and I saw the quality and ambitions of the manager it was an easy choice for me to make. Votes: 0

I think it's natural for any manager to want to grow his business. The question is at what rate, and in what direction, and in what format? Votes: 0

If you pray for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back. (on re-signing for Liverpool) Votes: 0

There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front who is running the place. Votes: 0

I've never seen myself as a manager. As a manager, you have to put all your time into the job, and that would be difficult for me. Votes: 0

A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away. Votes: 0

I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent. Votes: 0

Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky. Votes: 0

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times. Votes: 0

Right before I left New York, I had my manager tell me, 'You need to get a girl on your arm, or people will start talking.' Votes: 0

As a manager you are important sometimes and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players. Never call me the special one. Votes: 0

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good. Votes: 0

I was a VP of marketing, I was regional sales manager in fashion, and marketing director in communications and product development. I was always a corporate Fortune 500 girl. Votes: 0

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.' Votes: 0

My career did start in the Spanish language industry, and that's probably because my father is my manager. He pushed my career in the direction he knew best. Votes: 0

I just didn't want to walk away from football without knowing what it meant to be a manager, or even wondering what it was like to be sacked. Votes: 0

To be manager of the Yankees under the malevolent dictatorship of George Steinbrenner is like being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor - the union is short and sweet. Votes: 0

A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me. Votes: 0

If the manager really is the problem, try to get reassigned elsewhere in the organization or start looking for one in which you can play to your strengths. Votes: 0

Much of the time, as an actor, you sit around waiting. Most of your life and career, you're waiting for your agent or your manager to call you. Votes: 0

If you are a middle manager avid to begin a quality initiative in a company ruled by an executive from the old school, look elsewhere for a job. Votes: 0

At the moment we've only got 16 first-team players and my initials stand for Mick McCarthy, not Merlin the Magician (the new Wolves manager gets the excuses in early!) Votes: 0

Delegate it to the manager. You have this really good staff that will take care of everything for you. You just have to delegate it and trust it. Votes: 0

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.' Votes: 0

[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each other and we married. Votes: 0

If you want real, significant, sustainable change, you need talented, committed local line leaders. If the line manager is not innovating, then innovation is not going to occur. Votes: 0

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there. Votes: 0

When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire. Votes: 0

At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks. Votes: 0

My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day. Votes: 0

If I was a guy I wouldn't be bossy, I would be strong. If I was a guy I wouldn't be a micro-manager, I would be across the detail. Votes: 0

What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager. Votes: 0

The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn't hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make decisions that lead to failure. Votes: 0

I might be too emotional to be a manager. You love your players, don't you? And I'm not sure I could leave them out. I know how it feels. Votes: 0

When I came out here, my manager thought that casting directors might think I'm a girl, and when I did Threat Matrix, they thought Jamie was a little light. Votes: 0

My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years. Votes: 0

He repeated until his dying day that there was no one with more common sense, no stone cutter more obstinate, no manager more lucid or dangerous, than a poet. Votes: 0

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets? Votes: 0

What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up. Votes: 0

It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me, You know you're worth more money dead than alive. Votes: 0

My manager has season tix to the Dodgers, four seats to 40 games, and they're right behind the plate, I mean, they're amazing, food and waiter service, which is insane. Votes: 0

I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five men he's been given. Votes: 0

If the Metro general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, says those extra hours for maintenance are necessary to help fix the system and make it safer, then that gets top priority. Votes: 0

I try to remind people, whether you have a growth manager or a value manager, you're going to go through cycles where you think you have a village idiot. Votes: 0

When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it. Votes: 0

A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child. Votes: 0

I always wanted to do music but never really had the confidence to do it until my first manager George Lamb, who I met out in Ibiza, encouraged me. Votes: 0

For me personally it doesn't matter who is the manager, I'm going to go out there and play for the manager, and play for this uniform as a team. Votes: 0

I think in any organization you want your manager to have a strong opinion. You don't want them to just say, 'Yes, sir' to things they don't believe in. Votes: 0

It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw. Votes: 0

Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears. Votes: 0

I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this. Votes: 0

I have a big job on my hands now, there is no mistaking that, but I feel as though I have calmness within myself. (on being Manchester City manager) Votes: 0

Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it. Votes: 0

The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth game 1-0, his manager fined him fifty bucks. Votes: 0

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays. Votes: 0

My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart. Votes: 0

To not apologize for the behavior of the players to another manager is unthinkable. It's a disgrace, but I don't expect Wenger to ever apologize...he's that type of person. Votes: 0

The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas that can help your team and players improve. Votes: 0

When a copier sales person cold calls a purchasing manager whom he has never met is it any surprise that the purchasing manager will most likely never return that call? Votes: 0

My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad, ... That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart. Votes: 0

The manager who comes up with the right solution to the wrong problem is more dangerous than the manager who comes up with the wrong solution to the right problem. Votes: 0

I'm so happy to be joining Arsenal, a club which has a great manager, a fantastic squad of players, huge support around the world and a great stadium in London. Votes: 0

I left Google after four years of working on Google Maps, search, and Google TV as a product marketing manager. I knew I wanted to do something on my own. Votes: 0

My wife runs the house much better than I could so I think she could be a linesman or a referee or even a football manager and that's the truth. Votes: 0

The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop. Votes: 0

I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I understood the coin-op side of the games business very well. Votes: 0

I hope when my time as Liverpool manager is over, I'm remembered as someone who improved the team and left the club in a better position than I inherited it. Votes: 0

In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto. Votes: 0

I'd take Bieber to the woodshed and spank him. His manager Scooter Braun is scared sh-tless. I don't know what Bieber's problem is. His career is over in three years anyway. Votes: 0

Whether it's a sitting president when I was an impeachment manager, or a Republican president who has taken liberties with adherence to the law, to me the standard is the same. Votes: 0

No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team. Votes: 0

I left a couple of my foreigners out last week and they started talking in 'foreign'. I knew what they were saying: Blah, blah, blah, le b*** manager, f*** uselss b***! Votes: 0

I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman's decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak. Votes: 0

Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many turn grey or have heart attacks. Votes: 0

But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it. Votes: 0

In the business world, management is always viewed in terms of productivity. Why? Because productivity is the key to the success of the organization and to your future as a manager. Votes: 0

At this club, all I see is great backing all the way down for me and I will be judged on results like the next man. (on being Manchester City manager) Votes: 0

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it. Votes: 0

I swore to myself that if I ever got to walk around the room as manager, people would laugh when they saw me coming, and would applaud as I walked away. Votes: 0

In the last few days when I was not even the manager of England my freedom was taken away from me and that is not the coaching I am used to. Votes: 0

If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that. Votes: 0

I'm fortunate to have a team of people who help me. I've got an assistant, an office manager, a nanny - she's not full-time, but she's there when I need her. Votes: 0

If the technocratic class often invokes technology, it is because these inanimate objects can take on a trajectory of their own and so cover for the manager's inability to give leadership. Votes: 0

My manager introduced me to the 'Rise to Honor' team. I was curious about what it took to be involved in video games, a completely new form of entertainment to me. Votes: 0

Life is the same. It would be the same thing if I were still working at Starbucks, having to deal with a manager, and a shift manager. This is a job. Votes: 0

My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments? Votes: 0

Clearly in my mind, I have two distinct positions - owner and manager. So I am open to reviewing my performance as a manager as any other person in Sun Pharma. Votes: 0

She's very active. My mom is my manager and handles day-to-day business to keep the DeGarmo machine up and running! She's a huge, huge part of my career and my life. Votes: 0

Your manager wants to believe that you enjoy your job, or at least you won't spit in her coffee when she looks away. At the office, attitude counts for a lot. Votes: 0

I have a wonderful road manager, and he travels with me. And my valet and friend travels with me. My little entourage is great, and they take good care of me. Votes: 0

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had. Votes: 0

We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down? Votes: 0

Am I a great manager? Huh. I was blessed to have a front office that found great talent, and then I was smart enough to stay the hell out of their way. Votes: 0

My manager sent me the first two scripts for 'True Detective,' and I just thought they were so interesting and that the world they were depicting was so titillating to me. Votes: 0

[With] closet indexing....you're paying a manager a fortune and he has 85% of his assets invested parallel to the indexes. If you have such a system, you're being played for a sucker. Votes: 0

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. Votes: 0

All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that. Votes: 0

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice. Votes: 0

Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards. Votes: 0

In football there is very rarely a "typical day" - there are always issues and challenges that arise from nowhere, and as manager you have to be ready to deal with them. Votes: 0

It goes without saying that when you're the manager of a Premiership club, you go eight miles down the road and get beaten by a team two divisions below you, it's disappointing. Votes: 0

I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music. Votes: 0

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made. Votes: 0

Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it. Votes: 0

The three most important things a manager does: One is get the money. Two is always remember to get the money. Three is never forget to always remember to get the money. Votes: 0

It's good to have a manager who shares your interests, or goals. You can presumably trust a husband. I don't know if it's the best way to work. I really shouldn't discuss this. Votes: 0

I heard that I am crazy for taking this fight but I'm very excited about this chance. His manager is saying that I'm a 'dead man walking' but 'dead men' cannot have 'nightmares'. Votes: 0

I got started acting by going to auditions that my mom found in the entertainment section of our local news paper. Then, I got a manager and started going out on more auditions. Votes: 0

I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way. Votes: 0

The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job. Votes: 0

In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies. Votes: 0

My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages, not least of which, for me, was his love of singing, which gave music a central place in our lives. Votes: 0

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself. Votes: 0

I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her. Votes: 0

My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love of singing which gave music a central place in our lives. Votes: 0

I got, like, Diane Keaton's manager, and she was very connected; she had power. And she was like, "Your star is in tears on this comedy. Do you even notice that at all?" Votes: 0

One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was the general manager of this power cooperative. It was quite magical to me. Votes: 0

We're all competitors, you know? The player wants to get a hit. The manager wants to win. I want to get it right. To tell you the truth, I just love that competition. Votes: 0

The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished. Votes: 0

Everything has combined to make my life in New York an amazing experience. I told my manager a few years ago that I wanted to move here and try acting in the theater. Votes: 0

At the moment I'm just swallowing it all as part of the humiliation but I think - and this is aimed at my dear manager - one shouldn't humiliate players for too long Votes: 0

And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product. Votes: 0

With me, as a town clerk or city manager, there are certain things that I'm supposed to do - if I don't do them, then I don't deserve to continue in this post. Votes: 0

My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love of singing which gave music a central place in our lives. Votes: 0

Management must have a purpose, a dedication and that dedication must have an emotional commitment. It must be built in as a vital part of the personality of anyone who truly is a manager. Votes: 0

The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face. Votes: 0

When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. Votes: 0

If you're the cashier at Burger King, of course you make less than the manager or even the CEO. The issue is whether you're stuck being a cashier for the rest of your life. Votes: 0

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special. Votes: 0

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules. Votes: 0

I would be much more annoyed if we hadn't won the game. As a manager, you have to see the positives and I think Pires has a vaccine for the rest of his life. Votes: 0

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better. Votes: 0

Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver. Votes: 0

When I look back now I wouldn't say that I cringe, but I start to realize how naive I was then. I feel much better suited for the job now. (on being Manchester City manager) Votes: 0

I have a contract and I refused a lot of opportunities to be the manager of important clubs because I want to stay here. I like this job. I like to be the England manager. Votes: 0

I won eight Stanley Cups as a player, and I've been told it's because I played on great teams. I won two as a general manager, and I've been told it's because I was lucky. Votes: 0

I received a letter from the Reich Ministry of Sports. They want me to split from Joe Jacobs, my manager since 1928.... I really need Joe Jacobs. I owe all my success in America to him. Votes: 0

I think what I've actually achieved as a manager does sometimes get a bit overlooked, because all people think about is the media side of things. They tend to forget I've not done so bad. Votes: 0

I am tired of being roasted. I had a great deal of hard luck while manager of the team and somehow or other couldn't get the best out of the material I had at hand. Votes: 0

I ended up meeting my manager because my sister was a receptionist at a management company. My manager is actually my same manager that I have today. That's how it started. I worked my way. Votes: 0