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I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
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Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
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In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.
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It's a conflict of parallels.
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Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
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He's such a great threat because of his power and pace. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)
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I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)
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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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As long as there are games to play its not over
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You are not going to be happy if you lose to a goal in the last minute. It is difficult to take and difficult to get out of your mind.
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There is no evidence that changing your managers repeatedly leads to success, but there is evidence at Manchester United, I was managing there for 26 years I won 38 trophies.
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I'm a Pele fan from way back when I was a kid, and then there was always this thing later about Pele and Maradona. I was young and impressionable as a kid but it was always Pele for me.
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If we can play like that every week well get some level of consistency.
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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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I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.
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I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.
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I realized I was good at developing young people. Eventually I started to believe in young people. I think when you give a young person an opportunity, he always believes who gave him his first chance. You create a loyalty that lasts a lifetime.
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I've never played for a draw in my life.
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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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If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.
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