Managers Quotes · Page 25

“there is one quality that sets truly great managers apart from the rest: They discover what is unique about each person and…

— Harvard Business Review

I had a mix of managers - Roy Hodgson was always calm in his technical area at Blackburn. Conte is the opposite.

— Chris Sutton

I'm really not convinced I want to be a manager at all. Managers are just wide open to abuse.

— Mark Noble

I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.

— Gordon Strachan

I always wanted to do music but never really had the confidence to do it until my first manager George Lamb, who…

— Lily Allen

The manager's job - the impresario's job - is to preside over the company's efforts to jam so the business runs really…

— John Kao

Managers now don't just use 11 players; they have to care about all the squad of 25 or more players.

— Park Ji-sung

British managers tend to be a bit more hands off, let you express yourself in training.

— Gareth Barry

There is a patent office at the seat of government of the universe, whose managers are as much interested in the dispersion…

— Henry David Thoreau

It's easy to identify many investment managers with great recent records. But past results, though important, do not suffice when prospective performance…

— Warren Buffett

In the business world, management is always viewed in terms of productivity. Why? Because productivity is the key to the success of…

— Tony Alessandra

I want to become one of the greatest managers that has ever lived. Why not? If it doesn't happen, then I've given…

— Craig Bellamy

In their work, designers often become expert with the device they are designing. Users are often expert at the task they are…

— Donald A. Norman

After costs, only the top 3% of managers produce a return that indicates they have sufficient skill to just cover their costs,…

— Eugene Fama

The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more…

— Gerry Cooney

“Multipliers are hard-edged managers. There is nothing soft about these leaders. They expect great things from their people and drive them to…

— Liz Wiseman

I started going out with one of my managers and he really grew me up in a lot of ways. He introduced…

— Dar Williams

One reason there are so many short-lived management fads is that their prescriptions were derived and advocated in precisely this way. So…

— Clayton Christensen

Organizations should be built and managers should be functioning so people can be naturally empowered. If someone's doing their job, if someone's…

— Henry Mintzberg

There’s only two types of manager. Those who’ve been sacked and those who will be sacked in then future

— Howard Wilkinson

There's something wrong when hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than nurses or the truckers

— Lindsey Graham

When I was asked to join this club and I saw the quality and ambitions of the manager it was an easy…

— Ricardo Carvalho

If I was a guy I wouldn't be bossy, I would be strong. If I was a guy I wouldn't be a…

— Peta Credlin

We don't man-mark anybody. I have never, ever done it in 27 years as a manager and I would never do it,

— John Toshack

I need to be out earning. I can make more in two hours at a card show than I did [as a…

— Mike Schmidt

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good.

— Bill Gross

Many managers prefer to play with wingers that cut inside a lot and don't hug the touchline.

— Gerard Deulofeu

Now, I think you'll find a lot of rappers and artists are getting girl managers. It just makes sense. The guys in…

— Skepta

Thank you to all of the managers, coaches, and staff I've worked with and thank you to all of the team-mates that…

— Robert Green

The Muppets are no joke. They are for real. Each one has an agent and manager and all that stuff. I'm not…

— Terry Crews

If something is not right we give out about it. He is almost a Yorkshireman with a Portuguese accent.

— Neil Warnock

If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving,…

— Bobby Cox

Try to pick a fund manager who has a well-defined strategy, has been through these things before, and go invest and stay…

— Peter Cundill

They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors…

— Bob Uecker

The challenge of being a manager is to get the best out of everybody, not just the few who are clones of…

— Tim Field

“It’s unfair to see managers buying brand new cars for themselves when the salaries of their workers still remain unpaid! Good leaders…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Modern managers have a lot of demands on them, and many feel, with justification, that they do not have the time to…

— Paul Scholes

Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do.

— Srikumar Rao

The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas…

— Brendan Rodgers

Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management.

— Barry Ritholtz