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I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since.

Most of my career was negative.

My career has always kind of moved forward and upward. I've never had anything kind of stall out or go in the opposite direction. I've always kind of been moving in the right direction.

I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'

There are a lot of bands and performers whose careers are permanently derailed by spectacularly bad management.

That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club. I don't accept that makes you a bad manager or a poor coach. If that is the view I strongly disagree with it.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.