I'm still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but that's just the way I am.

- Ariel Rechtshaid

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase.

- Bob Uecker

I just talked to a young lady, a freshman at Santa Barbara. She's taking a course, and 'Moneyball''s one of the required readings. This young lady could dream of one day becoming a general manager.

- Billy Beane

Often, investors will discover a manager after he's had a terrific run, usually when he lands on a magazine cover somewhere. Invariably, funds swell up with new investor money just before they revert to their long-term averages.

- Barry Ritholtz

My manager got the script for 'Under the Dome,' and I read it and just fell in love with the character. I grew up on Stephen King, and I love his whole aesthetic of the classic American story with supernatural events happening, so it just made sense.

- Alexander Koch

Life is the same. It would be the same thing if I were still working at Starbucks, having to deal with a manager, and a shift manager. This is a job.

- Azealia Banks

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

- Alvin Dark

Allison Janney's character in 'The West Wing' was so rocking! I am a huge fan of Mary Louis Parker and her character in 'Weeds.' My manager says, 'you have to grow into yourself, Allison' because all the characters I want to play are, like, 39.

- Allison Mack

I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some.

- Alexis Bledel

I might be too emotional to be a manager. You love your players, don't you? And I'm not sure I could leave them out. I know how it feels.

- Alan Smith

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'

- Arsene Wenger

We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh.

- Andy Hertzfeld

I like my privacy, and my personal bank manager is one of my favourite people.

- Amanda Eliasch

My manager wants me to dress like a nun and I want to dress like a teenager.

- Anna Kournikova

Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.

- Art Alexakis

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager.

- Arne Glimcher

My manager came up with the name 'State of the Industry,' and it was just one of those things. It just took off. Well, I don't know about 'took off.' I'm not in the stratosphere.

- Andy Kindler

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility.

- Alphonso Jackson

While Wall Street firms typically underwrite offerings in teams, the lead underwriter, or manager, of the offering has primary responsibility for selling the offering and reaps much of the fees and profit.

- Alex Berenson

'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.

- Albert Brooks