Quotessence
Home / Topics / General Manager Quotes

General Manager Quotes

Browse 35 quotes about General Manager.

Related topics

Coaches

General Manager Quotes

“It's pretty simple, the way I look at it. I became a Hall of Famer here (in New York), with my numbers here and what I've done here, and hopefully three-hundred will be another big part of that. When (former Red Sox general manager Dan) Duquette said that I was done, if I'd have taken his advice and went home, I wouldn't have been a Hall of Famer. So it's a no-brainer. It's definitely pretty easy. Reggie (Jackson) spent five years here, and this will be five for me.”

IfsWayYearsLooksHas BeensSaidDoneHomeBigsThreeEasySimpleNumbersTakenFiveAdviceNew YorkHundredRedFormerHopefullyManagersFive YearsHallsNo BrainerGeneral Manager
Author:Roger Clemens
Create image

“I do interview senior candidates at the home office or many of our hotel or restaurant General Manager candidates. My two favorite questions are "Tell me about a failure in your career, what you learned from it, and how you've leveraged this lesson" and "All of us are misperceived at one time or another. What's the most common way you're misperceived in the workplace and why?" Both of these questions require a certain amount of self-awareness and a willingness to not give pat, normal answers that we offer experience in interviews.”

WayGivingTwoSelfHomeCertainAnswersCommonCareersAwarenessAmountLessonsOffersOfficeNormalSelf AwarenessManagersCandidatesInterviewsRestaurantsHotelWillingnessOne TimeSeniorWorkplaceGeneral ManagerHome Office
Author:Chip Conley
Create image

“It's unfortunate when an athlete's talent comes with so little forethought or leadership [...] The Falcons need to start over. If next year's team ends up being young and hungry but fairly average, the last thing you want as a general manager or coach is to have a blowhard cornerback whining about his contract leading the charge, no matter how good he is.”

IfsWantNeedsYearsLittlesEndsMatterLastsYoungNextTeamTalentAverageAthleteCoachesHungryManagersContractsUnfortunateNext YearStarting OverWhiningFalconForethoughtGeneral ManagerBlowhards
Author:Jeff Schultz
Create image

“Some teams have a nucleus to build around. The Falcons barely have an embryo. So if you see suspicious looking wires running from the locker room to Dimitroff's office, and the general manager pushes down on the plunger as early as today, don't feel the need to cover your eyes. You've already seen the worst.”

IfsNeedsFeelsEyeRunningTodayRoomsTeamWorstOfficeManagersOver YouWireSuspiciousLockersLocker RoomEmbryosNucleusFalconGeneral Manager
Author:Jeff Schultz
Create image

“The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote.” TOM KELLEY General Manager, IDEO”

LongIdeasRunningBusinessCreativeGroupsUltimateInnovationExperimentsManagersExpensiveMediocrityTomsLong RunsNew IdeasAutonomyAntidoteSkepticGeneral ManagerUltimate Freedom
Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Create image

“As Aunt Naomi was listing all the things she was going to do to help this person, her friend stopped her in mid-sentence. "Naomi, girl," she said, "you need to resign as general manager of the universe. You need to learn that sometimes the best way to help a person is to let them help themselves. Otherwise, they never learn how. And they are always going to make their problems your problems."”

WayNeedsPersonsSaidSometimesHelpingProblemGirlUniverseSentencesBest WayManagersAuntHelpfulnessGeneral Manager
Author:Patti LaBelle
Create image