Top 1200 General Manager Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

With a club like Manchester United that have history and traditions, I think the manager at the club should respect that.

A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general emulation takes place, which causes good humor, sociability, good manners, and good morals to be general. That elevation of sentiment inspired by such a government, makes the common people brave and enterprising. That ambition which is inspired by it makes them sober, industrious, and frugal.

I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.

I want to play every game, as does every player. But sometimes, you just have to listen to the manager.

There are and can be only two ways of searching into and discovering truth. The one flies from the senses and particulars to the most general axioms, and from these principles, the truth of which it takes for settled and immovable, proceeds to judgment and to the discovery of middle axioms. And this way is now in fashion. The other derives axioms from the senses and particulars, rising by a gradual and unbroken ascent, so that it arrives at the most general axioms last of all. This is the true way, but as yet untried.

Thankfully, my manager didn't talk me into 'Big Brother' or 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'

I'm always in contact with my manager at Arsenal, who has been a big part of my career, and I'll always talk to him.

Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What's happening? What's not happening? and What can I do to influence the outcome?

If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.

The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.

I like to think I would adapt to the way that any manager who came in would want to play.

I had started doing theater in high school, and while I was doing that, I got my manager.

I am never going to be manager of Barcelona or Arsenal because I am so identified with Tottenham and Espanyol.

Sometimes the manager says one thing and does another thing!

Until Scrubs, I didnt have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way.

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

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.

There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.

I wanna be a manager, because that's my day job. It's my real job.

A decent player doesn't automatically make a decent manager, I know that. But I will do everything I possibly can.

When I'm playing for Wales Under-21s I'm always trying to do my best so if the manager is watching he can see I'm playing well.

A man, and a cat, and a dog, are all animals. These particular examples, as man, or dog, or cat, are parts of a bigger and more general concept, animal. The man, and the cat, and the dog, and the plant, and the tree, all come under the still more general concept, life. Again, all these, all beings and all materials, come under the one concept of existence, for we all are in it.

When John (Giles) was manager of Ireland, much as he loved me, he still dropped me.

I have never been afraid of being in charge, whether I have been coach, manager or caretaker.

I've never had a manager, and I've had various agents, and, fortunately or unfortunately, I've been blessed.

People come to see the players. Nobody ever bought a ticket to see a manager.

Being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening

I think that not relying too heavily on one bank and one bank manager is a good rule to learn.

Manchester United are very, very fortunate to have the most wonderful manager in Alex Ferguson.

Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.

I am a bigger-picture manager because I've lived through something that's a big picture.

The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare..." It doesn't say "guarantee the general welfare." And it certainly doesn't say "give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV".

As a manager you're going to put out the player you think is going to best help you win the game.

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

I would have been a fantastic captain in a football team or a manager because I would have motivated people.

It's a lot of stress being a manager - a lot of moving parts.

I was 16 when I linked up with my manager - first person I ever auditioned for - and I've been in this ever since.

Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.

Being a manager is more than a job. It's my passion. From the moment I wake up in the morning it's my passion.

Sometimes a manager can only do so much, as in prepare a team, and then the team have to go out there and perform.

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager. I'm trying to be great.

I'm a football manager, a football coach; I can't be expected to pontificate on everything.

When you're a player, you want the manager to know your quality and to want you.

You can have so many different demands; trying to please the fans, pleasing the manager, please yourself.

Until 'Scrubs,' I didn't have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way.

I do my best every time I play to put pressure on the manager and try to play more.

My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard's history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them.

As manager of Tianjin Quanjian every day, every week, I have to give our players everything I have.

Of course every manager has a different mentality, different philosophy.

What matters is how I feel and if the manager is happy and my family are happy - that circle are who I should listen to.

The manager will decide who will play, it can be hard but I can handle it.

You play football to enjoy the game and the manager wants to be happy on the sidelines watching unbelievable football.

I'm the football manager. I make all the football decisions that evolve around the game that's being played on a Saturday.

Conte is a manager who works very hard and likes people to work hard for him as well.

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.

I didn't really have a position when I was younger; I just used to play where the manager told me to play.

In the Champions League I'm no expert. Pep is the expert, he's won it twice as a manager.

I, sir, have always conceived - I believe those who proposed the constitution conceived,and it is still more fully known, and more material to observe, those who ratified the constitution conceived, that this is not an indefinite government deriving its powers from the general terms prefixed to the specified powers - but, a limited government tied down to the specified powers, which explain and define the general terms.

Any football club that is any good is down to the manager more than anything else.