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"I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform."
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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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"It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to a World Series for Cub fans."
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"I was in awe every time I walked on to the field."
Time

"I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel."
Values

"I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special."
Pride

"The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played."
Reason

"A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation."
Work

"I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform."
Management

"I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect."
Respect

"I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers."
Effort

"When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?"
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