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
The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Teamwork integrates contributions from all members, while individual excellence requires consistent effort.
This quote emphasizes the importance of collaboration within a team while highlighting that individual greatness is rooted in hard work. It suggests that while a team can benefit from having standout players, those individuals must also put in the dedication and effort to realize their full potential and contribute to the team's success.
Themes
TeamworkEffortDedicationLeadershipCollaboration
In practice
Example use cases
During a team meeting, you want to inspire your colleagues to commit to their personal growth and the collective success of the group.
More from Alex Ferguson
All quotes →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
If he was an inch taller he'd be the best center half in Britain. His father is 6 ft 2 in - I'd check the milkman.
Alex FergusonRead
Similar quotes
I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
Lee IacoccaRead
The representatives of business interests are the men to start this enterprise among our people and bring them to a full realization of the very grave seriousness of this war, to make them feel that we are in this war to win, and the probability is that our entering this war is going to be the deciding factor, and that the burden of the success is going to rest upon the United States.
John J. PershingRead
I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.
Alexander The GreatRead
I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story.
Ben HorowitzRead
Strong leaders equal strong organizations.
John C. MaxwellRead
Manpower without Unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power.
Vallabhbhai PatelRead