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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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Alex Ferguson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Football, bloody hell!
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Everest in his slippers. That's what he was like.
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Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control.
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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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They (the press) have a hatred of Manchester United.
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