Evidence Quote by Alex Ferguson

You never stop learning in football management and I certainly believe the invaluable experience from my time as Villa manager will prove hugely beneficial…

— Paul Lambert

I spent four years at Manchester City and won three trophies. It was a big wrench to leave.

— Toni Duggan

Not many people become manager of Manchester United. Sir Alex had it for a long, long time, then a few have come along since…

— Mike Phelan

As a player I won things, had a special 10 years under Martin O'Neill [at Leicester and Celtic] and played in some great teams,…

— Neil Lennon

I've played under some of the biggest and best managers and achieved almost everything in football. Of course it hurts when people question it,…

— David Beckham

You can stick with one manager and have no wins, no trophies, or you can have so many different managers and win a lot.…

— Juan Mata

I know how hard it will be to follow the best manager ever, but the opportunity to manage Manchester United isn't something that comes…

— David Moyes

You know when you have a manager that is always successful, is always in the title race and always playing in the Champions League.

— Diego Costa

I've won something like 27 trophies in my lifetime. There are people out there who are very good players and yet they've won nothing.…

— Graeme Souness

You can't keep changing managers. Every time the players have to adapt to a new strategy and the thinking of the new manager, which…

— Kolo Toure

Every manager dreams of managing Manchester United.

— Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

After taking risk into account, do more managers than you’d see by chance outperform with persistence? Virtually every economist who studied this question answers…

— Eugene Fama