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"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."
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"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."
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"The only difference between May and Day is the M and D! Be a good Managing Director of your life each day in May."
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"If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now."
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"An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it."
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"Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week."
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"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."
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"He comes to London and gets a job in a nightclub, a gay club, where he's known as Straight Dave by the bar staff - and no one believes he's as straight as he claims to be. He meets the daughter of the club manager, and he has an affair with her."
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"My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts."
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"Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players."
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"When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing."
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"Being at a club that supported me meant a lot."
Being

"I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me."
Love

"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."
Management

"We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently."
Teamwork

"I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made."
Difference

"Nothing amazes me anymore."
Nothing

"I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not."
Appearance

"I am happier now than I have ever been."
Now

"Hindsight is a wonderful thing."
Reflection

"I still look at myself and want to improve."
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