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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Referee
Umpires
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Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.
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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'm no f****** talking to you. He's a f****** great player. Yous are f******* idiots.
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Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control.
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When he's at the top of his game, there's not a team in the world that can handle Giggs' speed and penetration
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I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don't fly. They're the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over - so it's teamwork.
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All they can talk about is Manchester United.
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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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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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In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.
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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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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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He could start a row in an empty house.
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Gianfranco Zola once sent Gary Pallister the wrong way to such an extent that he needed a ticket to get back in.
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If we can play like that every week well get some level of consistency.
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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.
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Sometimes you're not sure about a player. Sometimes you doubt. Sometimes you have to guess. Sometimes you just know.
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You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.
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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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