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> [American managers often say they would like to pay their employees more, they argue that they can't afford to do so and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-o-toole/american-managers-often-say-they-would-like-to-pay-their-employees/)

[James O'Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-o-toole/)

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> [To put in doubt the leadership of Sepp Blatter as FIFA president is not for me to say or managers to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-villas-boas/to-put-in-doubt-the-leadership-of-sepp-blatter-as-fifa-president-is/)

[Andre Villas-Boas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-villas-boas/)

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> [The biggest mistake is an over-reliance on data. Managers will say if there are no data they can take no action. However,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/the-biggest-mistake-is-an-over-reliance-on-data-managers-will-say-if/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

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> [There are managers who always say what people want to hear. I think that's not good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diego-costa/there-are-managers-who-always-say-what-people-want-to-hear-i-think/)

[Diego Costa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diego-costa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/diego-costa-7284_always_there-are-managers-who-always-say-what-p_2626466.jpg)

> [I think a lot of managers say that it starts from the front and us as defenders know it helps our job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/i-think-a-lot-of-managers-say-that-it-starts-from-the-front-and-us-as/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

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