25 Quotes by Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager who is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time. Ferguson spent most of his managerial career at Manchester United, leading the team to unprecedented success, including 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, and two Champions League titles. Ferguson was known for his intense and demanding leadership style, as well as his ability to develop and motivate his players to achieve their full potential. He was also a master strategist, known for his tactical innovations and his ability to make key signings that transformed his teams. Ferguson's legacy in the world of football is immense, and his impact on the sport will be felt for generations to come. (Bio)
Alex Ferguson Quotes
Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough. (Meaning)
Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.
I've never played for a draw in my life.
If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.
Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.
Never give in or give up easily on a cause.
As long as there are games to play its not over
The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work. (Meaning)
It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing as if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him.
You start with what you believe in. I believe in building a football club rather than building a football team.
Kindness is a universal language regardless of age, nationality or religion.
I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
There is no evidence that changing your managers repeatedly leads to success, but there is evidence at Manchester United, I was managing there for 26 years I won 38 trophies.
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!
When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.
Ronaldo could play for Millwall, QPR, Doncaster Rovers or anyone and he'd score a hat-trick. I'm not sure Messi could do it. Ronaldo's got two feet, he's quick, he's good in the air and he's brave, though Messi's brave too of course. I just think Messi is a Barcelona player.
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.
I always said to the directors that the minute a player becomes more powerful than the manager of Manchester United, it's not Manchester United. You have lost control of the whole club. So I always made sure that I was in control. They always knew who the manager was.
My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*****g perch. And you can print that.
That lad must have been born offside.
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.
Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact. Right? And it never really works out that way.
― Alex Ferguson Quotes
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