“Saturday comes again, welcome or not, it comes again like it always does, welcome or not, wanted or not, another judgment day - The chance to be saved, the chance to be damned.” DoeWantedChanceFootballJudgmentSavedWelcomeManagersSoccerSaturdayChairmanJudgment Day Author:Brian Clough
“David James is frustrated because he thinks us being bottom isn't helping his chances with England. I think it gives him more chance to show his ability.” ThinkingGivingHelpingShowsChanceAbilityFootballEnglandBottomManagersSoccerFrustratedChairman Author:Glenn Roeder
“Remember I've seen a video tape of a Scotland-England match and I've seen him miss a chance from five yards. It was against England and he couldn't score. So what does that say?” DoeRememberChanceFiveMissingFootballEnglandVideoManagersSoccerScoreTapeYardsScotlandChairman Author:Berti Vogts
“There's more chance of me flying Concorde to the moon blindfolded than there is of you taking Wales to the World Cup.” WorldChanceFootballMoonFlyingCupsManagersSoccerChairmanWorld CupWalesBlindfoldedConcorde Author:Robbie Savage
“You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.” IfsWayWellsHelpingChoicesFallChanceDecisionStupidFootballLike YouManagersSoccerBehaveCheatingDislikeCheatSupporterChairmanFoulReferee Author:Jose Mourinho
“People would be a lot more skeptical if they understood that there is an incredible amount of chance in the results that you observe for active managers. So the distribution of outcomes is enormously wide - but that's exactly what you'd expect by chance with lots of active managers who hold imperfectly diversified portfolios. The really good portfolios contain a lot of really lucky picks, and the really bad portfolios contain a lot of really unlucky picks as well as some really bad ones.” PeopleIfsWellsWould BeChanceResultsAmountLuckyPicksUnderstoodIncrediblesInvestingActiveWideManagersOutcomesDistributionSkepticalUnluckyPortfolios Author:Eugene Fama
“I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few examples of consistently superior performance occur no more frequently than can be expected by chance.” PastChanceRecordsExamplePerformancesInvestingConvincedExpectedSuperiorsManagersFundMutualConsistentlyWorthlessPredictingFuture SuccessMutual FundSuperior Performance Author:Burton Malkiel
“He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance.” KnowsYearsChanceBaseballTwentiesManagersPlus Author:Ken Griffey, Jr.