Quotes by Football I always say prepare to be a coach to anybody who wants to be a coach. At 24 years of age when I left engineering to become full time in football, I made sure that I was never going back to engineering. Alex Ferguson engineering football years David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate. Alex Ferguson player inspirational football As long as there are games to play its not over Alex Ferguson games play football 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 games inspirational football 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 monday football soccer Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure. Alex Ferguson winning football soccer You have to put all the criticism of this club down to jealousy. United have produced more players who have played for their country, more world-class players and more players who have won European Footballer of the Year than any other team in this country, so we must be doing something right. Alex Ferguson football soccer country I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could, I would have carried on playing. Alex Ferguson inspirational football funny You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well. Alex Ferguson player winning football If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me. Alex Ferguson team winning football The lads really ran their socks into the ground. Alex Ferguson ran sock football I do like to try and see myself in football players. Everybody is different and express themselves in different ways. There are different kinds of talents of course and there are many who I would never have had the talent that they have when I was a player. But I still had that determination to be successful and try my best. Alex Ferguson determination successful football Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more. Alex Ferguson scotland team football Funnily enough we have never had one enquiry for Paul Scholes. You know why? Because they all know he will never leave. in my time he would be in the top six or seven (best United players ever) without a doubt. His contribution and quality have been great, even without the fantastic goals he has scored. [ . . . ] He has that wonderful velvet touch on the ball. When he gets it, it goes stone dead. It is wonderful to see that amidst all the mayhem that can happen in a football match. Alex Ferguson goal player football In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury. Alex Ferguson real player football Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job. Alex Ferguson horse jobs football Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out. Alex Ferguson distance football funny Football, bloody hell! Alex Ferguson bloody hell football I think Sepp Blatter is in danger...or has reached a point now, where he is being mocked within the game. Whether he's getting too old, I don't know. But things can happen to people in power. Look at some of the despots in Africa... From a position of great power, he has uttered so many ridiculous statements that he is in danger of seriously damaging his credibility. Alex Ferguson football soccer thinking We got anxious at the end of the weekend in our urgency to try to score the winning goal. Ended up playing far too many long balls forward. That style of play doesn't suit Manchester United. We must continue to play football and enjoy the game. If we do that, eventually things will come right for us. Alex Ferguson weekend winning football «23456789101112»