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Alex Ferguson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
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Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.
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I always say prepare to be a coach to anybody who wants to be a coach. At 24 years of age when I left engineering to become full time in football, I made sure that I was never going back to engineering.
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Go make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.
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David impresses by his example on the field. He never stops running, he plays with supreme confidence, he always tries his hardest and he scores important goals. (on David Beckham)
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Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.
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The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.
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We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.
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Well, football is a hard game there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times.
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Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out.
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You are not going to be happy if you lose to a goal in the last minute. It is difficult to take and difficult to get out of your mind.
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I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.
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Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.
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There is no evidence that changing your managers repeatedly leads to success, but there is evidence at Manchester United, I was managing there for 26 years I won 38 trophies.
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I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.
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We got anxious at the end of the weekend in our urgency to try to score the winning goal. Ended up playing far too many long balls forward. That style of play doesn't suit Manchester United. We must continue to play football and enjoy the game. If we do that, eventually things will come right for us.
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You can't do anything about them.
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If I have my health I can carry on. There will be a point when I do quit but I have absolutely no idea when that is.
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I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.
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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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