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Association Football Manager Inspirational Quotes (1815)

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Gianfranco Zola once sent Gary Pallister the wrong way to such an extent that he needed a ticket to get back in.
Alex Ferguson
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Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.
Alex Ferguson
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It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.
Alex Ferguson
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The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
Alex Ferguson
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Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
Alex Ferguson
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You can see the ball go past them, or the man, but you'll never see both man and ball go past at the same time. So if the ball goes past, the man won't, or if the man goes past they'll take the ball.
Ron Atkinson
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For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.
Thierry Henry
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I don't believe much in luck. I believe more in work, in convincing, in stubbornness and in capacity.
Diego Simeone
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I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me, soccer was life.
Marcelo Balboa
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The best managers out there at the moment are Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho but they are at other clubs - Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Gary Neville
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He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him
Jose Mourinho
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I couldn't be more chuffed if I were a badger at the start of the mating season!
Ian Holloway
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I take the ball, I go wide, I cross, I shoot, but when the moment beckons, I am ready to make the difference.
Thierry Henry
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There's no way the future's over for Martin Keown, Tony Adams or David Seaman.
Alan Shearer
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You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'.
Alan Shearer
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People say he doesn't score a lot of goals with his head, but does he really have to with the ability he has in his feet? He makes spectacular goals look easy. His technique is fantastic. (on Thierry Henry)
Alan Shearer
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Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless
Alan Shearer
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The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working in.
Alan Shearer
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If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.
Alan Shearer
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One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.
Alan Shearer
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I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football.
Alan Shearer
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I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.
Alan Shearer
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Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.
Alan Shearer
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I spend time with my family. I have got two daughters who are too young to know their Dad's a footballer. They just want to play with their Dad. I like to play golf, too, but apart from that, that's me, I'm afraid.
Alan Shearer
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