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"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."
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"Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers."
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"Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers."
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"Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!"
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"I like to make everything my friends are involved in a little better. I should have just become a manager."
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"For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio."
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"If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager."
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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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"Management: An art of handling conflicting Egos to meet a common objective, be it political, organisational or societal in nature."
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"I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried."
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"I don't even have an agent or manager, but rather have a number of associates who I turn to when needed; or conversely when they hear of someone looking for me they'll contact me."
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"You have to have a short memory as a closer."
Memory
"I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone."
People
"But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on."
Sports
"At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying."
Saying
"I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out."
Confidence
"I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing."
Nothing
"If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league."
Care
"No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together."
Energy
"People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card."
Management
"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."
Management
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