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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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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
Guess
Player
Doubt
Sure
Sometimes

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Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.
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I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.
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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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If my parents were still alive, they would be very proud. They gave me a good start in life, the values that have driven me, and the confidence to believe in myself.
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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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He's such a great threat because of his power and pace. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)
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I bet him he wouldn't get 15 league goals and I'm going to have to change my bet with him. If he gets to 15 I can change it and I am allowed to do that because I'm the manager. I'm going to make it 150 now!
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The most important thing in a game like that is to win it.
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You can't applaud a referee.
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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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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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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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Players know that they can trust me which is really important. They know that I had the ability to adapt to change, and they have seen that many times over the years. I think these are important parts of being in control of footballers.
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When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.
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Wayne is truly blessed. He doesn't just have ability, he has a fire inside him.
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We got anxious at the end of the weekend in our urgency to try to score the winning goal. Ended up playing far too many long balls forward. That style of play doesn't suit Manchester United. We must continue to play football and enjoy the game. If we do that, eventually things will come right for us.
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I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.
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Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me.
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The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.
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Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.
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