Alan Sugar Quotes & Sayings

“My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions or the performance of his team.”

“The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.”

“You can't stop people printing what they want to print.”

“I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying.”

“I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.”

“I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.”

“You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.”

“I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.”

“It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you're wearing.”

“My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.”