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.
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.
I don't want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences - but they kinda do. There's always a divorce. There's always an OD. There's always a bad business manager.
That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.
I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!
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.
Time is like an enterprising manager always bent on staging some new and surprising production, without knowing very well what it will be.
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.
My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins.
For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.
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.
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.
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
Any manager will tell you that they would rather win one and lose two than to draw three, because you get more points
I'll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you.
There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.
I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment. '
The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
The people who I grew up making music with, we've all grown up and become successful in different ways. My manager supported me since I was 16 and believed in me as a musician. He's been there since Day 1, and there's so much to be said about doing something with people that you love.
Sidney Blumenthal is very close friend of Secretary [Hillary] Clinton. And her campaign manager, Patti Doyle, went to - during the campaign, her campaign against President [Barak] Obama, fought very hard. If you look at CNN this past week, Patti Solis Doyle was on Wolf Blitzer saying that this happened. Blumenthal sent McClatchy, highly respected reporter at McClatchy, to Kenya to find out about it. She failed to get the birth certificate. When I got involved, I didn't fail. I got him to give the birth certificate [of Barack Obama]. So I'm satisfied with it.