The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
Alex FergusonRead
We got anxious at the end of the weekend in our urgency to try to score the winning goal. Ended up playing far too many long balls forward. That style of play doesn't suit Manchester United. We must continue to play football and enjoy the game. If we do that, eventually things will come right for us.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Stay true to your style and approach, even in pressing situations.
In this quote, Alex Ferguson emphasizes the importance of maintaining one's playing philosophy and enjoying the game, rather than succumbing to urgency and pressure to achieve immediate results. He suggests that by sticking to a preferred style and focusing on the joy of playing, success will eventually follow.
Themes
FootballStyleSuccessEnjoymentUrgency
In practice
Example use cases
In a team meeting discussing strategy, this quote can remind players to stay committed to their playing style.
More from Alex Ferguson
All quotes →I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.
Alex FergusonRead
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 FergusonRead
I think Rafael Benítez was an angry man. He must have been disturbed for some reason. I think you have got to cut through the venom of it and hopefully he'll reflect and understand what he said was absolutely ridiculous.
Alex FergusonRead
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.
Alex FergusonRead
To not apologize for the behavior of the players to another manager is unthinkable. It's a disgrace, but I don't expect Wenger to ever apologize...he's that type of person.
Alex FergusonRead
Similar quotes
If you can keep on trying after three failures in a given undertaking you may consider yourself a 'suspect' as a potential leader in your chosen occupation. If you can keep on trying after a dozen failures the seed of a genius is germinating within your soul.
Napoleon HillRead
Most train to be part of the game. The greatest train to be the game: I am the game. Third-and-9, two-minutes left, that's what I train for. I train for moments everyone runs from. I run for them.
Michael IrvinRead
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
Jack CanfieldRead
Driving a stock car does not require much handling ability, at least not as compared to Grand Prix racing, because the tracks are simple banked ovals and there is almost no shifting of gears. So, qualifying becomes a test of raw nerve - of how fast a man is willing to take a curve.
Tom WolfeRead
If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.
Tim FerrissRead
What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background.
Sundar PichaiRead