Quotes from Alex Ferguson

El juez supremo del rendimiento es el Padre Tiempo.

No matter what tribe you are in - you've got to hand it to the architects of the Brexit Referendum. Taking an incredibly complex decision and reducing it to a Yay or Nay vote is the perfect divide-and-conquer strategy. At a time when the 99% need to rise up against the 1% we are split right down the middle. An absolute guarantee of little change, ever.

I want to apologise for my behaviour in my last year at United.

A housefly has a longer life expectancy than the manager of a Premier League team.

Hay que disponer a todo el mundo para el éxito, lo que requiere una profunda reflexión. Resulta muy fácil crear expectativas poco realistas, es algo que aprendí muy pronto en mi carrera.

Di Stéfano was one of the greatest footballers ever. He had such great balance.

Todo eso implica que los equipos de alto nivel están en continuo estado de evolución, y pobre del mánager que crea que algunos jugadores pueden durar para siempre. Mi

Give me Zidane and 10 planks of wood and I'll win you the Champions League.

My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their fucking perch. And you can print that.

The one thing I could never allow was loss of control, because control was my only saviour.

when you're managing change, you have to accept the quieter spells and acknowledge that transformations take longer than a year.

The thing every good leader should have is an instinct.

I couldn't take sides against mu players. I had to find solutions other than castigating them in public. Sometimes I had to fine or punish them, of course, but I could never let it out of the dressing room. I would have felt I had betrayed the one constant principle of my time as a manager: to defend. No, not to defend, but to protect them from outside judgments.

I have yet to encounter anyone who has achieved massive success without closing themselves off from the demands of others or forgoing pastimes. I'm not suggesting that being completely obsessed with a pursuit leads to a healthy lifestyle or eternal happiness, but I just cannot imagine how, if you aspire to be better than everyone else, you can have balance in your life.

The Only time to give up is when you are dead.

In a company, people who have worked together for a long time will know how others will react in certain situations, and may even be able to anticipate what their colleagues might say.

Faced with the need to confront a player who had performed below our expectation, I might have said: That was rubbish, that.' But then I would follow it up with, 'For a player of your ability. That was for picking them back up from the initial blow. Criticise but balance it out with encouragement. 'Why are you doing that? You're better than that.

No hemos perdido, simplemente se ha acabado el tiempo».

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.

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.

Kindness is a universal language regardless of age, nationality or religion.

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.

There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.