Alex Ferguson Quotes

What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?

All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.

Men in authority tend to abuse it – not all men, but many.

... all of our human experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part.

There are no honorable rulers.

You can't be a dictator any more; anyone who tries to play the part of God will stumble.

When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When somebody up there—a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator—so decrees.

No man ever ruled other men for their own good.

Tyranny, Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

I have long played No. 10.

When you have someone who's been there and done it at the highest level, at a World Cup, you have to respect him.

I want to be king of Manchester City.

I think we have more athleticism, I think we have more pace and that's going to be important to deal with Ghana.

As much as I am a huge soccer fan, music just kills it when it comes to importance. I could go to a desert island without a football and survive happily, but if I had to go without music, I think I'd end up killing myself. It fuels my soul. It always has.

I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.

What motivates me is an ideal of thinking about how football should be. And to try to get near this way of playing. And to try to improve all aspects of my personality that can help me get near this ideal way of playing football.

Anybody who watched football last year knows they're good. But that represents a very good opportunity for us. It really does. I think somehow, if we're able to pull that off, I think it will go a long way for our confidence. I look at it as a great opportunity, and hopefully we'll be at our best when we get there.

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.

Best football player I played against? I think Messi. He killed us.

Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player.

Today we have a modern Belshazzar and a modern Pharaoh sitting in Washington D.C.

There's all different kinds of people, but I don't think it's that unusual that once you get like a little power, you get to do your weird thing even more.

I don't think about one trick or the other, they just happen.

I often quote Hitler, who said words to the effect of, "Rulers are fortunate that the people do not think." Politicians know this. Even when the public seems to be upset, the politicians know if they can put on a brave face and ride it out, they generally will.

Dictators lead through fear; good coaches do not.