“Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.” KnowsMenYearsMayTwoHardStoriesFoundHe ManProudPlantDecadesManagersTireAlabamaNineteen Author:Lilly Ledbetter
“Obviously it's very hard to leave a club that you've supported all your life. But the reason that I've come to Birmingham is that I think Steve Bruce is one of the best young managers in the country and that Birmingham as a club is a sleeping giant.” ThinkingCountryHardReasonYoungSleepClubsManagersGiantsBirmingham Author:David Dunn
“I have a hard time waking up. No alarm clock works! It sounds childish, but I seriously have my manager, my mom or a buddy of mine wake me up if I have to be somewhere. It's a serious issue! I've been very late for some serious gigs because of it!” IfsHardSoundIssuesMinesSeriousMomLateWake UpMy MomManagersClockHard TimesWorking ItWakingGigsBuddyAlarmsAlarm ClocksSerious Issues Author:Jesse McCartney
“I managed the Dodgers for 20 years. It's hard to believe that there are only four guys in the history of baseball who managed the same team for 20 years or more. One was owner of the team, Connie Mack. Another was part owner of the team, John McGraw. Then there was my predecessor, Walter Alston, and me. It's amazing. In the 20 years I managed the Dodgers, 210 managers were fired.” YearsBelieveHardGuyFourTeamBaseballManagersOwnersPredecessorsHard To BelieveDodgersMack Author:Tommy Lasorda
“The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win.” HardLastsWinningCasesFootballMurderLawyerManagersSoccerLast TimeChairman Author:Roy Keane
“One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.” KnowsFirstsDoeSaidHardNextGamesBitsTakenFootballFindingsFirst TimeGolfManagersSoccerReservesChairman Author:Ron Atkinson
“I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.” IfsThinkingHardFootballGoes OnManagersSoccerMinistersBritainPrimePrime MinisterChairmanGreat BritainRangersCeltic Author:Gordon Strachan
“In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different tempo, a different dynamic. London is fast, productive, creative but it is not England. If you want to transfer that to football, you could say: in the four big English clubs and maybe in the one or two behind them there is a top level. Everything that comes after that rather mirrors English society. It's honest, fair and hard, sometimes also fast, but not always so perfect.” IfsWantTwoDifferentSometimesHardBigsCertainCan DoPerfectLevelsBehindsCreativeFourHonestFootballFairsEnglandMirrorsClubsLondonBoundariesLikesManagersSoccerProductiveChairmanTransfersTempoEnglish Society Author:Jens Lehmann
“Until Scrubs, I didnt have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way.” WayHardMy OwnManagersHard Way Author:Donald Faison