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
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.
winning games titles
Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
inspirational goal league
I bet him he wouldn't get 15 league goals and I'm going to have to change my bet with him. If he gets to 15 I can change it and I am allowed to do that because I'm the manager. I'm going to make it 150 now!
believe fate
I do believe in fate.
soccer teamwork canada
I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don't fly. They're the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over - so it's teamwork.