Alex Ferguson Quotes

Don't play the occasion, play the game. — Alex Ferguson

The work of a team should always embrace a great player but the great player must always work. — Alex Ferguson

The most important thing in a game like that is to win it. — Alex Ferguson

I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that. — 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

A housefly has a longer life expectancy than the manager of a Premier League team. — 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

You would have thought that I had left 11 corpses on the steps of a funeral home. — 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

Kindness is a universal language regardless of age, nationality or religion. — 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

Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United, — David Gill

the best leaders tend to be missionaries rather than mercenaries. — 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

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

I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell. — 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

Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us. — Alex Ferguson

You cannot lead by following. — Alex Ferguson

If we can play like that every week we'll get some level of consistency. — 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

All they can talk about is Manchester United. — 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

Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles. — Alex Ferguson

When you run any organisation, you have to look as far down the road as you can. — Alex Ferguson

There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately. — Alex Ferguson

The way to win battles, wars and games is by attacking and overrunning the opposing side. — Alex Ferguson

We have to try to beat Everyone. — Alex Ferguson

I've never played for a draw in my life. — 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

The credit to them, the better team won and there's nothing we can do about that now. — Alex Ferguson

A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time. — Roberto Mancini

Her Majesty said she hoped I would have time for my horses - I own two and have shares in four. — Alex Ferguson

He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous. — 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

Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out. — Alex Ferguson

One mark of a leader is his willingness to share information. — Alex Ferguson

Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another. — Alex Ferguson

I used to have a saying that when a player is at his peak, he feels as though he can climb. — Alex Ferguson

Wayne is truly blessed. He doesn't just have ability, he has a fire inside him. — Alex Ferguson

I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind. — Alex Ferguson

If you need one person to change your destiny, then you have not built a very solid organisation. — Alex Ferguson

Those who hate or disrespect Sir Alex Ferguson , its only because he snatched away their dreams of winning. — Eric Cantona

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

Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control. — Alex Ferguson

He could start a row in an empty house. — Alex Ferguson

He's such a great threat because of his power and pace.
(on Cristiano Ronaldo) — 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

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

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names. — Alex Ferguson

Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more. — 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

Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that. — Alex Ferguson

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that. — Alex Ferguson

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

I think the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson rested Howard Webb had a lot to do with the result. — Noel Gallagher

I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was.
(on Manchester City) — 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

I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could, I would have carried on playing. — 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

You can't do anything about them ... — Alex Ferguson

As long as there are games to play its not over — Alex Ferguson

Inexperienced, or insecure, leaders are often tempted to make any infraction a capital offence. — Alex Ferguson

Sometimes you're not sure about a player. Sometimes you doubt. Sometimes you have to guess. Sometimes ... you just know. — Alex Ferguson

They had Jan Venegoor of ... whatever you call him. — Alex Ferguson

I think he [Sir Alex Ferguson] may have even surpassed the achievements of Matt Busby for Manchester United. — Kenny Dalglish

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

Pippo Inzaghi was born in an offside position. — 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

He is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of.
(on Cristiano Ronaldo) — Alex Ferguson

I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now. — Alex Ferguson

I was saluted by Alex Ferguson when I was subbed and that made me very happy. — Cristiano Ronaldo

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

You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson. — Eric Cantona

The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away. — 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

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well. — Alex Ferguson

Part of the pursuit of excellence involves eliminating as many surprises as possible because life is full of the unexpected. — Alex Ferguson

The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood. — 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

I needed two stitches after Alex kicked the boot at me.
(on Ferguson) — David Beckham

Once you bid farewell to discipline you say goodbye to success — 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

Don't lie, don't steal and always be early. — Alex Ferguson

He's fiery, he's competitive, ... I think it was an unfair booking, and Wayne reacts like this against injustice. — Alex Ferguson