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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
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Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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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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Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.
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Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
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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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In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.
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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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If he was an inch taller he'd be the best center half in Britain. His father is 6 ft 2 in - I'd check the milkman.
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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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Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control.
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I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that.
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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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Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.
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Ronaldo could play for Millwall, QPR, Doncaster Rovers or anyone and he'd score a hat-trick. I'm not sure Messi could do it. Ronaldo's got two feet, he's quick, he's good in the air and he's brave, though Messi's brave too of course. I just think Messi is a Barcelona player.
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The lads really ran their socks into the ground.
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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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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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You start with what you believe in. I believe in building a football club rather than building a football team.
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Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.
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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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The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
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