Alex Ferguson Quotes About Football

Quotes about: Football

• Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Soccer, Sports

• I've never played for a draw in my life.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Soccer, Football

• I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.

  Alex Ferguson

  Sports, Football, Believe

  "Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

• When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.

  Alex Ferguson

  Funny, Football, Italian

  Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

• That lad must have been born offside.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Funny, Soccer

  Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

• 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

  Inspirational, Football, Games

• Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.

  Alex Ferguson

  Soccer, Football, Hands

• 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

  Inspirational, Football, Player

  "David Beckham exits as gracefully as one of his arcing crosses" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2013.

• Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out.

  Alex Ferguson

  Funny, Football, Distance

• 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, Funny, Football

  " Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

• He's a novice - he should keep his opinions to Japanese football

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Football, Novices

• It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing as if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Football, Player

  "A-League talking points: Melbourne City fail another test of character" by Jonathan Howcroft, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2015.

• It's a conflict of parallels.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Conflict, Parallels

• As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Player, These Days

• The lads really ran their socks into the ground.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Sock, Ran

• As long as there are games to play its not over

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Games, Play

• I'm-A-God-Look-At-Me.

  Alex Ferguson

  Soccer, Football, Looks

• 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

  Soccer, Football, Winning

  "Crouch rises to the occasion but Smith laid low with a broken leg" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2006.

• 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

  Soccer, Football, Thinking

• It was our worst-ever day, the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Thinking, Player

• 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

  Soccer, Football, Country

• They had Jan Venegoor of...whatever you call him.

  Alex Ferguson

  Soccer, Football, Player

• 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

  Soccer, Football, Monday

• 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

  Football, Horse, Jobs

• 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

  Football, Team, Winning

  Sir Alex Ferguson's PBS Interview Transcription, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. March 10, 2013.

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