“I've never played for a draw in my life.”
― Alex Ferguson
“Once you bid farewell to discipline you say goodbye to success”
― Alex Ferguson
“Perhaps the most important element of each activity is to inspire a group of people to perform at their very best. The best teachers are the unsung heroes and heroines of any society,”
― Alex Ferguson
“If I were running a company, I would always want to listen to the thoughts of its most talented youngsters, because they are the people most in touch with the realities of today and the prospects for tomorrow.”
― Alex Ferguson
“In the long run principles are just more important than expediency.”
― Alex Ferguson
“You cannot lead by following.”
― Alex Ferguson
“Eleven Nobel laureates are not going to win the FA Cup.”
― Alex Ferguson
“If you can assemble a team of 11 talented players who concentrate intently during training sessions, take care of their diet and bodies, get enough sleep and show up on time, then you are almost halfway to winning a trophy. It is always astonishing how many clubs are incapable of doing this.”
― Alex Ferguson
“We had a virus that infected everyone at United. It was called winning.”
― Alex Ferguson
“you learn more from defeats than you do from victories”
― Alex Ferguson
“Don’t play the occasion, play the game.”
― Alex Ferguson
“Peter Schmeichel, Paul Ince, Bryan Robson, Roy Keane, Mark Hughes and Eric Cantona could all start a fight in an empty house.”
― Alex Ferguson
"Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that."
― Alex Ferguson
"Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough."
― Alex Ferguson
"Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another."
― Alex Ferguson
"Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles."
― 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