Managers Quotes · Page 25

We made some mistakes. We had some managers we didn't like and had to get rid of, and that cost some money.…

— Robby Krieger

“Managers and leaders cause most of the organizational confusion and frustration by not doing their jobs — their real jobs.”

— Liz Weber

It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me, You know…

— Chaka Khan

The managers at fault periodically report on the lesson they have learned from the latest disappointment. They then usually seek out future…

— Warren Buffett

Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between 'cost cutting' and 'eliminating the causes of costs'

— Brian L. Joiner

Mutual fund manager performance does not persist and the return of stock picking is zero.

— William J. Bernstein

I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I…

— Bill Shankly

A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team.

— Lou Piniella

I've worked under a lot of managers, whether it's the national team or at St Mirren and everyone has their moments. I…

— John McGinn

It's a strange atmosphere always over there, it is darker and less glamorous, and you don't feel as high. It is a…

— Arsene Wenger

I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few…

— Burton Malkiel

I received a letter from the Reich Ministry of Sports. They want me to split from Joe Jacobs, my manager since 1928……

— Max Schmeling

There are the Podesta emails we've been publishing. [John] Podesta is Hillary Clinton's primary campaign manager, so there's a thread that runs…

— Julian Assange

Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players.…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is…

— Barry Ritholtz

People should be hired "as is" and their managers then help them to develop their individual strengths while completing tasks for which…

— Marcus Buckingham

Barry Bonds was like Joe Namath or Muhammad Ali. He could make a statement and go out and back it up. Not…

— Jim Leyland

“Academically brilliant persons usually make excellent managers and bureaucrats as they can efficiently implement the vision of the government or world leaders…

— Awdhesh Singh

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure…

— Carlos Ghosn

If I have to tell a guy he's got something to do, I consider myself a failure as a manager.

— William Redington Hewlett

If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and…

— Nolan Bushnell

The one principle that surrounds everything else is that of stewardship; that we are the managers of everything that God has given…

— Larry Burkett

Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.

— Adam Rapp

The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.

— Anthony Stafford Beer

All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking…

— Pep Guardiola

I don't envisage I will be captain again, but for two England managers, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, I was their first…

— John Terry

Managers are obsessed with the game. It's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to live a balanced lifestyle.

— Howard Wilkinson

To be manager of the Yankees under the malevolent dictatorship of George Steinbrenner is like being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor -…

— Robert Rubin

Accountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future.

— Paul Orfalea

Many managers bring players they have previously worked with into a new club - but that doesn't always mean they will continue…

— Eniola Aluko

There is always pressure on managers at whatever stage of a season because we want to be winning games and we want…

— Chris Hughton

Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't.

— Jack Welch

He (Frank Robinson as Manager) can step on your shoes, but he doesn't mess up your shine.

— Joe Morgan

Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.

— Henry Mintzberg

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success…

— Jose Mourinho

With no one collecting his knockdowns, what was Crouch supposed to do, juggle the ball with his head until the midfield support…

— Tony Cascarino

The England manager job is not for me - I'm very happy wih what I'm doing in French football for now.

— Gerard Houllier

There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of…

— Jeffrey Goldberg

Everyone focuses in football now on the managers a bit more than the players. I think that's a bad thing.

— Reece Oxford

He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a…

— Mickey Mantle