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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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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
Inspirational
Silver
Remember
Ground
Firsts
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First
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Spaniel
Time
Paper
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Wind
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Alex
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I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.
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I've never played for a draw in my life.
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As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.
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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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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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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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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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You start with what you believe in. I believe in building a football club rather than building a football team.
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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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Wayne is truly blessed. He doesn't just have ability, he has a fire inside him.
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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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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 was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.
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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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At the last minute, from what I can gather, either Emmanuel Adebayor or his agent phoned us after they had agreed a deal with City and then did the same with Chelsea. He was desperate to get to either Chelsea or us.
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