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The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.
Alex Ferguson
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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
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Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me.
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Everest in his slippers. That's what he was like.
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It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.
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He is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)
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If my parents were still alive, they would be very proud. They gave me a good start in life, the values that have driven me, and the confidence to believe in myself.
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Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
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The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit.
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Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
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Wayne is truly blessed. He doesn't just have ability, he has a fire inside him.
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Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact. Right? And it never really works out that way.
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The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
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I think that fear does come into it in some respect in the sense of when I lost my temper I didn't hide behind a bush on it in respect to the times that I did lose my temper. But you know the quality that I had when I lost my temper, I never, ever brought it back again.
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