Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBEis a former Scottish football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is regarded by many players, managers and analysts to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 December 1941
CityGovan, Scotland
numbers people gone
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.
winning player games
I always used to say to players at half-time, 'Be patient. The last fifteen minutes throw the kitchen sink at them. It's worth a gamble'. You are going to lose the game anyway. There is nothing better than when you get to that last fifteen minutes and you actually win the game late on. The fans are going out of the gates I gave it a try and it worked.
team mistake two
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.
names people advice
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
winning two consistency
There was one or two offers that did come along during my time at United, but I always came back to this point; why would you leave United? Where is the bigger challenge? And the thing about challenges is, once you have won something, you can't live on that. Not at Manchester United - you have got to win the next one. And that's the challenge. Maintaining that consistency of winning which is a mentality that I have had.
soccer team philosophy
The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.
football team believe
You start with what you believe in. I believe in building a football club rather than building a football team.
soccer football hands
Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
football games worst
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.
wisdom promise fulfilling
Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.
born position
Pippo Inzaghi was born in an offside position.
teamwork player embrace
The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
inspirational challenges alex
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.
winning games titles
Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.