Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another. Alex Ferguson More Quotes by Alex Ferguson More Quotes From Alex Ferguson Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control. Alex Ferguson devil accepting hands 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 Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player. Alex Ferguson servant player thinking 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 Pardew has come out and criticized me. He is the worst at haranguing referees. He shoves them and makes a joke of it. How he can criticize me is unbelievable. He forgets the help I gave him, by the way. The press have had a field day. The only person they have not spoken to is Barack Obama because he is busy. It is unfortunate but I am the manager of the most famous club in the world. Not Newcastle, a wee club in the North-East. I was demonstrative. I am always demonstrative. Everyone knows that. I am an emotional guy but I was not abusive. Alex Ferguson emotional guy inspirational Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me. Alex Ferguson numbers inspirational people 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 Scholes was probably the best English midfielder since Bobby Charlton. He was such a brilliant long passer that he could choose a hair on the head of any team-mate answering the call of nature at our training ground. Gary Neville once thought he had found refuge in a bush, but Scholesy found him from 40 yeards. He inflicted a similar long-range missile strike, once, on Peter Schmeichel, and was chased round the training ground for his impertinence. Scholesy would have made a first class-sniper. Alex Ferguson team hair class Everywhere I go the coaches all tell me that Scholsey is the player they admire. But if they think they'll get him they're wasting their time! Paul is a Manc lad pure and simple. He loves the club and there's no chance of him leaving here. If ever he decided to go there would be a stampede, but he won't be going, he's here for life. Alex Ferguson player simple thinking I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable. Alex Ferguson skills player thinking I'm no f****** talking to you. He's a f****** great player. Yous are f******* idiots. Alex Ferguson player talking inspirational I think Rafael Benítez was an angry man. He must have been disturbed for some reason. I think you have got to cut through the venom of it and hopefully he'll reflect and understand what he said was absolutely ridiculous. Alex Ferguson cutting inspirational men 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 There has been a lot of expectation on Manchester City and with the spending they have done they have to win something. Sometimes you have a noisy neighbor and have to live with it. Alex Ferguson cities winning inspirational Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year. Alex Ferguson league winning years The best have the courage and I say this all the time. The courage to take the ball all the time, the courage to make sure that they are not going to be intimidated by their opponents, and the courage to express themselves at all times and I think that all the great players have got that. Alex Ferguson balls player thinking Sometimes you're not sure about a player. Sometimes you doubt. Sometimes you have to guess. Sometimes you just know. Alex Ferguson player doubt sometimes 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
