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You start with what you believe in. I believe in building a football club rather than building a football team.

Alex Ferguson

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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
Football
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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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It's a conflict of parallels.
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I think Rafael Benítez was an angry man. He must have been disturbed for some reason. I think you have got to cut through the venom of it and hopefully he'll reflect and understand what he said was absolutely ridiculous.
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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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I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable. His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there. Absolutely astounding.
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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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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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It was time for me to spend more time with my wife. I'm not saying I do spend more time with my wife, because she would throw me out of the house, but we have breakfast together. I never did.
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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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Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
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I was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.
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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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The credit to them, the better team won and there's nothing we can do about that now.
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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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Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.
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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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The most important thing in a game like that is to win it.
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