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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
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Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.
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Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.
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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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He's fiery, he's competitive, ... I think it was an unfair booking, and Wayne reacts like this against injustice.
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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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It's a conflict of parallels.
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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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Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.
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You can't applaud a referee.
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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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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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Everest in his slippers. That's what he was like.
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As long as there are games to play its not over
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I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could, I would have carried on playing.
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It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing as if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him.
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I've never played for a draw in my life.
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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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Well, football is a hard game there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times.
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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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