Alex Ferguson Quotes
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Don't play the occasion, play the game.
— Alex Ferguson
The most important thing in a game like that is to win it.
— Alex Ferguson
The work of a team should always embrace a great player but the great player must always work.
— Alex Ferguson
That lad must have been born offside.
— Alex Ferguson
I'm no f****** talking to you. He's a f****** great player. Yous are f******* idiots.
— Alex Ferguson
When he's at the top of his game, there's not a team in the world that can handle Giggs' speed and penetration
— Alex Ferguson
you learn more from defeats than you do from victories
— Alex Ferguson
If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.
— Alex Ferguson
We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.
— Alex Ferguson
Onde you bid farewell to discipline you day goodbye to success
— Alex Ferguson
If he was an inch taller he'd be the best center half in Britain. His father is 6 ft 2 in - I'd check the milkman.
— Alex Ferguson
As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.
— Alex Ferguson
They (the press) have a hatred of Manchester United.
— Alex Ferguson
Never give in or give up easily on a cause.
— Alex Ferguson
As long as there are games to play it is not over.
— Alex Ferguson
But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.
— Paul Gascoigne
I know I would have had a lot more trophies in my cabinet if I went with him [Sir Alex Ferguson].
— Paul Gascoigne
Sir Alex Ferguson ceases to amaze me as a manager
— Tony Cascarino
As long as there are games to play its not over
— Alex Ferguson
Pippo Inzaghi was born in an offside position.
— Alex Ferguson
drive means a combination of a willingness to work hard, emotional fortitude, enormous powers of concentration and a refusal to admit defeat.
— Alex Ferguson
I had to lift players' expectations. They should never give in. I said that to them all the time: "If you give in once, you'll give in twice.
— Alex Ferguson
I think he [Sir Alex Ferguson] may have even surpassed the achievements of Matt Busby for Manchester United.
— Kenny Dalglish
There's a lot of satisfaction that comes from knowing you're doing your best, and there's even more that comes when it begins to pay off. I
— Alex Ferguson
They had Jan Venegoor of ... whatever you call him.
— Alex Ferguson
Sometimes you're not sure about a player. Sometimes you doubt. Sometimes you have to guess. Sometimes ... you just know.
— Alex Ferguson
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.
— Alex Ferguson
Inexperienced, or insecure, leaders are often tempted to make any infraction a capital offence.
— Alex Ferguson
The most important aspect of our system was training. Whatever happens on a Saturday afternoon has already occurred on the training ground.
— Alex Ferguson
You can't do anything about them ...
— Alex Ferguson
Gianfranco Zola once sent Gary Pallister the wrong way to such an extent that he needed a ticket to get back in.
— Alex Ferguson
I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could, I would have carried on playing.
— Alex Ferguson
The lads really ran their socks into the ground.
— Alex Ferguson
Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.
— Alex Ferguson
But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.
— Alex Ferguson
A leader who arrives in a new setting, or inherits a big role, needs to curb the impulse to display his manhood.
— Alex Ferguson
If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.
— Alex Ferguson
Well, football is a hard game; there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times.
— Alex Ferguson
Jose understands winning and losing are twins in a way. When you win you don't gloat and when you lose you don't go bananas.
— Alex Ferguson
Once you bid farewell to discipline you say goodbye to success
— Alex Ferguson
Go make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.
— Alex Ferguson
The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.
— Alex Ferguson
Part of the pursuit of excellence involves eliminating as many surprises as possible because life is full of the unexpected.
— Alex Ferguson
You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.
— Alex Ferguson
Don't lie, don't steal and always be early.
— Alex Ferguson
The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.
— Alex Ferguson
You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.
— Eric Cantona
I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City.
— Alex Ferguson
I was saluted by Alex Ferguson when I was subbed and that made me very happy.
— Cristiano Ronaldo
I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.
— Alex Ferguson
He's fiery, he's competitive, ... I think it was an unfair booking, and Wayne reacts like this against injustice.
— Alex Ferguson
All they can talk about is Manchester United.
— Alex Ferguson
He is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of.
(on Cristiano Ronaldo) — Alex Ferguson
(on Cristiano Ronaldo) — Alex Ferguson
I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.
— Alex Ferguson
Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.
— Alex Ferguson
One mark of a leader is his willingness to share information.
— Alex Ferguson
If I have my health I can carry on. There will be a point when I do quit but I have absolutely no idea when that is.
— Alex Ferguson
He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.
— Alex Ferguson
Her Majesty said she hoped I would have time for my horses - I own two and have shares in four.
— Alex Ferguson
A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time.
— Roberto Mancini
The credit to them, the better team won and there's nothing we can do about that now.
— Alex Ferguson
You cannot lead by following.
— Alex Ferguson
I've never played for a draw in my life.
— Alex Ferguson
He's a novice - he should keep his opinions to Japanese football
— Alex Ferguson
When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.
— Alex Ferguson
We have to try to beat Everyone.
— Alex Ferguson
The way to win battles, wars and games is by attacking and overrunning the opposing side.
— Alex Ferguson
Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
— Alex Ferguson
I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.
— Alex Ferguson
It was our worst-ever day, the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1.
— Alex Ferguson
I think the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson rested Howard Webb had a lot to do with the result.
— Noel Gallagher
I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.
— Alex Ferguson
Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.
— Alex Ferguson
Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.
— Alex Ferguson
They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!
— Alex Ferguson
Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more.
— Alex Ferguson
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
— Alex Ferguson
Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
— Alex Ferguson
Jamie Carragher trained with United as a youngster. When he was with us he was a midfielder and a mundane, run-of-the-mill player.
— Alex Ferguson
I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was.
(on Manchester City) — Alex Ferguson
(on Manchester City) — Alex Ferguson
He could start a row in an empty house.
— Alex Ferguson
They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.
— Alex Ferguson
Those who hate or disrespect Sir Alex Ferguson , its only because he snatched away their dreams of winning.
— Eric Cantona
If you need one person to change your destiny, then you have not built a very solid organisation.
— Alex Ferguson