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The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.

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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
Career
Careers
Three
Knighthood
Culmination
Pinnacle
Rewarded
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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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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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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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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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I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France.
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I was lying in bed on a Saturday morning, reading the paper, when my phone went. The caller was Rangers director, Jack Gillespie, and he offered me the manager's job at Ibrox. I was flattered but declined with thanks. John Greig was a good friend of mine and I had no intention of being involved in ousting him.
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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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I do believe in fate.
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As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.
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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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I'm-A-God-Look-At-Me.
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I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that.
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If ever there was one player, anywhere in the world, that was made for Manchester United, it was Cantona. He swaggered in, stuck his chest out, raised his head and surveyed everything as though he was asking: 'I'm Cantona. How big are you? Are you big enough for me?'
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He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.
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It's a conflict of parallels.
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The most important thing in a game like that is to win it.
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I think that fear does come into it in some respect in the sense of when I lost my temper I didn't hide behind a bush on it in respect to the times that I did lose my temper. But you know the quality that I had when I lost my temper, I never, ever brought it back again.
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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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We once went 13 games without winning. There's always pressure here. Winning is always important here. How do you handle yourself and compose yourself is important. (on Manchester United)
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