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

"Communication is the lifeblood of an organization."

"The best leaders don't give a damn about the definition of leadership, they are thinking about more important things."

"The masters and overseers were so good at employee development, in their absence, the employees still achieved the company's mission."

"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."

"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."

"She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him."

"Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off."

"Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers."

"Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers."
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"Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions."

"After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season."

"Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments."

"The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best in A-ball."

"I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work."

"Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly."

"When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had."

"My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing."

"Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone."
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