It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.
“What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.”
“You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.”