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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.

Alex Ferguson

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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'm a Pele fan from way back when I was a kid, and then there was always this thing later about Pele and Maradona. I was young and impressionable as a kid but it was always Pele for me.
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He's a normal, likable, straightforward boy. (on David Beckham)
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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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Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
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They (the press) have a hatred of Manchester United.
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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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All they can talk about is Manchester United.
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Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out.
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Well he's only 20. Without question, he's the best youngest player I've seen in my time... If he keeps developing and matures ? goodness knows what he will become. At the moment he's a breathe of fresh air. (on Wayne Rooney)
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That lad must have been born offside.
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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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If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.
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