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Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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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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There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.
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As long as there are games to play its not over
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It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing as if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him.
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Her Majesty said she hoped I would have time for my horses - I own two and have shares in four.
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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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I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.
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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 most important thing in a game like that is to win it.
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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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I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France.
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I always said to the directors that the minute a player becomes more powerful than the manager of Manchester United, it's not Manchester United. You have lost control of the whole club. So I always made sure that I was in control. They always knew who the manager was.
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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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I've never played for a draw in my life.
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Jose [Mourinho] was one of those guys on a surfboard who can stay longer on the wave than anyone else.
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If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.
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They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.
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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!
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You have to put all the criticism of this club down to jealousy. United have produced more players who have played for their country, more world-class players and more players who have won European Footballer of the Year than any other team in this country, so we must be doing something right.
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