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I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.

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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
Years
Matt
Privileged
Followed
Maintain
Standards
United
Many
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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*****g perch. And you can print that.
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Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control.
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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 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'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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