Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more. Alex Ferguson More Quotes by Alex Ferguson More Quotes From Alex Ferguson 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 teamwinningfootball The lads really ran their socks into the ground. Alex Ferguson ransockfootball The most important thing in a game like that is to win it. Alex Ferguson scotlandgameswinning 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. Alex Ferguson clubspowerfulplayer 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 classsympathysoccer 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 determinationsuccessfulfootball 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 work-outlooksthinking 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 teammistakeyears I think that fear does come into it in some respect in the sense of when I lost my temper I didn't hide behind a bush on it in respect to the times that I did lose my temper. But you know the quality that I had when I lost my temper, I never, ever brought it back again. Alex Ferguson qualitydoethinking 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 goalplayerfootball I'm a Pele fan from way back when I was a kid, and then there was always this thing later about Pele and Maradona. I was young and impressionable as a kid but it was always Pele for me. Alex Ferguson back-whenfanskids 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 realplayerfootball The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit. Alex Ferguson doggamesinspirational If we can play like that every week well get some level of consistency. Alex Ferguson consistencylevelsplay 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 standardstryingyears Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that. Alex Ferguson squadplayerthinking He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous. Alex Ferguson playerinspirationalbook Never give in or give up easily on a cause. Alex Ferguson giving-upcausesgiving You are not going to be happy if you lose to a goal in the last minute. It is difficult to take and difficult to get out of your mind. Alex Ferguson lastsgoalmind 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 horsejobsfootball
