Alex Ferguson Quotes (114 Quotes)

He is in a very influential position and I think people do listen to what he has got to say.

I feel that other issues have been laid to rest, not in a grudging way, but in the spirit I urged, as a truly united football club.

I didn't know about the statistic of only nine goals in nine games until somebody told me but it would be a concern.

Go and 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.

He's 19 years of age. He's a fiery character and competitive. I think maybe when he sees things that are a bit of an injustice against him then he reacts like that.

I will make some changes. I think I played the right team in the first game and it won't be far away from that team again.

Roy's back in light training but his injury is hard to assess. He's on the way back, maybe two or three weeks I think.

We'll carry on and won't give up, but whatever happens it's important we hold on to second spot. Hopefully we can achieve that.

It's not a matter of being disappointed about the FA not taking action, more that we need clarification over their disciplinary process. There is a lot of puzzlement about how the system works, how it is conducted and how they reach their conclusions. All managers are confused about the situation.

He's had a difficult time, obviously, but he trained yesterday and will train today so he will be okay.

I'll still be around next season. I'm confident the club will back me in the summer. I can still make long-term plans - absolutely.

....and I think that was the suspicion right through the country, that there was a deal been done.

We were desperate to win this match. That brings anxiety. Maybe we lacked a bit of composure.

In fact on Saturday I think he was the player who was controlling our play and to be taken off at the time he did when we were getting a bit of momentum about us was a bit of a blow.

In the second game, we threw a freshman. The first two innings, he didn't have a lot of control. It was his first time out and the butterflies were going. Everything was missing up high.

If it is violent conduct, how can they then charge Ben Haim with improper conduct

It's a discrepancy in the laws of the game that will always create controversy.

If we can play like that every week we'll get some level of consistency.

I am delighted the two clubs have come to an agreement. Nemanja is a quick, aggressive center-half and at 24 will be a terrific addition to the squad.

We are waiting on John O'Shea who took a knock in the Blackburn game, ... There's no doubt we are better off in the forwards than the backs at the moment but we will cope.

Steve is well qualified for the job, as quite a few others are, but I think the thing in his favor is that he also has the knowledge of the England camp because he has been in the camp for a few years now.

Of course we don't like losing games but we have to do something about it and we will do tomorrow night,

Everyone at the club is praying and hoping he pulls through. In terms of British players, you would find it difficult to pick anyone better than Best.

Gaby doesn't want to be ruled out at the moment but I do not see him playing. Gary is a concern because he is not training. We have got medical people working on him and we will give him every chance but it is not looking good.

I think Louis would have been disappointing if he hadn't played. He scored goals throughout the competition, including in both legs of the semi-final, which is some feat. He deserved to play in the final and everything else is secondary.

The violent conduct charge bemuses me because every man and his dog would agree it was not violent conduct,

Every man and his dog has an opinion on him. The good thing is that he has his feet on the ground. He is at the right club and we know he can handle it. We will guide him.

We don't know how bad it is yet. We will have to wait to get him back to Manchester. It's a sore one and we'll just have to wait and see.

Sunday is a terrific lift for him. It's a reward for his perseverance and determination to come back. I think everyone in the club hopes he's back for good and does well on Sunday.

I read in the papers this morning that they (Arsenal) did a deal (with the FA) before they went in there....

allegations of improper conduct, let alone sexual assault, on my part are untrue and entirely without foundation.

I don't even think of not qualifying. We'll get through the group stage, don't worry about that. People outside the club are loving this situation, I'm sure. We just have to do our job.

Nobody is scoring that many goals, so at least if we are creating chances we have taken one step forward,

I think that early goal helped Celtic a lot. We looked all right at times, but we need to make some changes.

We once went 13 games without winning. There's always pressure here. Winning is always important here. How you handle yourself and compose yourself is important. I think the players and staff have shown great dignity despite the criticism leveled at them.

Well, he's only 20. Without question, he's the best young player I've seen in my time, ... If he keeps developing and matures goodness knows what he will become. At the moment he's a breath of fresh air to the game.

I think they (FIFA) are quite happy to take up smaller issues, like talking about a player at Manchester United who is 19 years of age, rather than pursue the really important issues in the game at this present day,

Gary's experience is vital to us. He has been such an important player...but I believe we have adequate cover, Wes Brown has played there many times and so has John O'Shea.

Mike threw a good game and kept us in the game. He's pitching really well. He kept pitchers off balance and only had two or three balls hit hard all day.

We have worked with the Chinese community in Sydney to construct the gatehouse.

It's important our concentration is on the game tomorrow because we realize it's such a vital game for the club. Over the years we have been very good in this group stage and always had good form and we've got to rely on that home form now because winning tomorrow will put us in a much stronger position than we are at the moment.

It's unfortunate the media want to examine every part of him. It was George Best in the 1960s, then Paul Gascoigne and David Beckham -- they are searching for someone to fill a headline, so Wayne is manna from heaven for them and it's nonsense.

Gary Neville was due to play but he pulled out this morning (Monday) as he is just not feeling 100 percent fit,

We needed somebody to open up the game and Roy did that for us, he was unbelievable today.

It was an important result because Newcastle were a very, very determined team today - difficult to break down.

The recovery time from the operation is a month and then it will taken another two or three weeks to get his fitness back. It is a blow, but we think it is the best course of action.

He has been a great servant and played some terrific games for us and I think next season he will get a good club.

It looked as if we were starting to control the match. We might have gone on to get a good result for ourselves. It certainly took away one of our best players.

It gives me an opportunity to use all my squad. Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.

I hope it will stay that way.