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1 " Once you bid farewell to discipline you say goodbye to success "
― Alex Ferguson , Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United
2 " Onde you bid farewell to discipline you day goodbye to success "
3 " No matter how hard we worked to blood youngsters, Barcelona is still able to do this better than any club. The way they develop boys into some of the best players in the world is breathtaking. "
4 " There’s a reason that God gave us two ears, two eyes and one mouth. It’s so you can listen and watch twice as much as you talk. Best of all, listening costs you nothing. "
5 " If I were running a company, I would always want to listen to the thoughts of its most talented youngsters, because they are the people most in touch with the realities of today and the prospects for tomorrow. "
6 " You cannot lead by following. "
7 " In the long run principles are just more important than expediency. "
8 " Perhaps the most important element of each activity is to inspire a group of people to perform at their very best. The best teachers are the unsung heroes and heroines of any society, "
9 " The experience of defeat, or more particularly the manner in which a leader reacts to it, is an essential part of what makes a winner. "
10 " you learn more from defeats than you do from victories "
11 " Don’t play the occasion, play the game. "
12 " I always felt that our triumphs were an expression of the consistent application of discipline. "
13 " Eleven Nobel laureates are not going to win the FA Cup. "
14 " When I was lost in my own thoughts, Cathy would always say, ‘You’re not listening to me.’ She was right. "
15 " Watching others, listening to their advice and reading about people are three of the best things I ever did. "
16 " We had a virus that infected everyone at United. It was called winning. "
17 " For me drive means a combination of a willingness to work hard, emotional fortitude, enormous powers of concentration and a refusal to admit defeat. "
18 " Losing is a powerful management tool so long as it does not become a habit. "
19 " If you can assemble a team of 11 talented players who concentrate intently during training sessions, take care of their diet and bodies, get enough sleep and show up on time, then you are almost halfway to winning a trophy. It is always astonishing how many clubs are incapable of doing this. "
20 " I never had a problem reaching a decision based on imperfect information. That’s just the way the world works. "