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You can't applaud a referee.

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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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He's fiery, he's competitive, ... I think it was an unfair booking, and Wayne reacts like this against injustice.
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There has been a lot of expectation on Manchester City and with the spending they have done they have to win something. Sometimes you have a noisy neighbor and have to live with it.
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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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I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.
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Never give in or give up easily on a cause.
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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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You can't do anything about them.
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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that.
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My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*****g perch. And you can print that.
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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 is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)
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I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable. His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there. Absolutely astounding.
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I do like to try and see myself in football players. Everybody is different and express themselves in different ways. There are different kinds of talents of course and there are many who I would never have had the talent that they have when I was a player. But I still had that determination to be successful and try my best.
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He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.
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I'm-A-God-Look-At-Me.
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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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You start with what you believe in. I believe in building a football club rather than building a football team.
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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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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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