Alex Ferguson Quotes

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

I know I've had an attitude that can explode, but I'm trying my best to not step out of bounds.

When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.

There's times I blow my gasket. One thing I learned is I don't hold any grudges.

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you.

Anger is energy, and you've got to find a place to put it that works for you.

I rarely lose my temper anymore.

Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

I still get mad. I still get upset. But I let it go more quickly.

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are young, the more easily it will happen.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

It's difficult for me to really temper my personality, but I am trying to be a little more sensible about it. If I really lose my temper, I go to my room and scream and shout, but I try not to lose it on people any more. I've never said something mean just like that. I've only said things in retaliation.

I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.