Frank Robinson As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when it comes to front-office jobs, management believes you’ll never be as good. – Frank Robinson Believes Quotes Black Quotes Frontoffice Quotes Jobs Quotes Management Quotes Play Quotes Times Quotes White Quotes During the years I was still playing, I would go to Puerto Rico in the winter and manage. When the day came, I had the experience without having to go to the minor leagues for four or five years and then wait for an opportunity. Still, there’s a double standard. Some whites, like Pete Rose, Joe Torre and Ted Williams, never had to go to the minors. I’ve never seen baseball advertise for a job, and I’ve never heard of whites applying for a job. I mean, there’s an old boy network, and it’s lily white.
Jools Holland There is always someone in the world who is better or worse off than yourself, and I’ve never seen that – in either direction – as a barrier to becoming friends with somebody. – Jools Holland
Marcus Ericsson You cannot look too much at the result, you need to also look at yourself and what you’ve done, how you have maximised the machinery that you have. – Marcus Ericsson
David Lindsay-Abaire Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn’t have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that’s just not the way I work right now. – David Lindsay-Abaire
Emmanuel Adebayor If one player can say that I, Emmanuel Adebayor, spoke badly to anyone in the changing rooms, then I’d honestly like to know who it is. It has never happened in my life. – Emmanuel Adebayor
Lauren Ash I encourage anyone to try to stop negative self-talk because it’s a really powerful thing. – Lauren Ash
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