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Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.

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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
Thing
Fulfilling
Promise
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I always said to the directors that the minute a player becomes more powerful than the manager of Manchester United, it's not Manchester United. You have lost control of the whole club. So I always made sure that I was in control. They always knew who the manager was.
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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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Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.
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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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I used to have a saying that when a player is at his peak, he feels as though he can climb.
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It was our worst-ever day, the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1.
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Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more.
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You can't do anything about them.
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Never give in or give up easily on a cause.
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Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control.
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There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.
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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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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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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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We have to try to beat Everyone.
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Everywhere I go the coaches all tell me that Scholsey is the player they admire. But if they think they'll get him they're wasting their time! Paul is a Manc lad pure and simple. He loves the club and there's no chance of him leaving here. If ever he decided to go there would be a stampede, but he won't be going, he's here for life.
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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 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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Jose understands winning and losing are twins in a way. When you win you don't gloat and when you lose you don't go bananas.
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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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