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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: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Everyone remembers Stuart Pearce as a determined, aggressive player, who played with great heart and enthusiasm that gave him a great career in the game.
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Jose [Mourinho] was one of those guys on a surfboard who can stay longer on the wave than anyone else.
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There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.
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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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You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.
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I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don't fly. They're the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over - so it's teamwork.
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As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.
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I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)
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Her Majesty said she hoped I would have time for my horses - I own two and have shares in four.
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If we can play like that every week well get some level of consistency.
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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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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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If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me.
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They (the press) have a hatred of Manchester United.
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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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I do like to try and see myself in football players. Everybody is different and express themselves in different ways. There are different kinds of talents of course and there are many who I would never have had the talent that they have when I was a player. But I still had that determination to be successful and try my best.
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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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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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It's a conflict of parallels.
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Well he's only 20. Without question, he's the best youngest player I've seen in my time... If he keeps developing and matures ? goodness knows what he will become. At the moment he's a breathe of fresh air. (on Wayne Rooney)
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