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"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."
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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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"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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"My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts."
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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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"Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away."
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"The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules."
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"But the manager's bought wisely - the players who've come in have taken us on to a different level and the players who won promotion have also performed at the top level, so long may it continue."
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"Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss."
Leadership
"I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone."
People
"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
"If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place."
Sports
"At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying."
Saying
"If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league."
Care
"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
"You have to have a short memory as a closer."
Memory
"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
"No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland."
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