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He's a normal, likable, straightforward boy. (on David Beckham)

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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
David
Normal
Boys
Likable
Straightforward
Scotland

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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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I bet him he wouldn't get 15 league goals and I'm going to have to change my bet with him. If he gets to 15 I can change it and I am allowed to do that because I'm the manager. I'm going to make it 150 now!
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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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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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He's such a great threat because of his power and pace. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)
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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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Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.
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To not apologize for the behavior of the players to another manager is unthinkable. It's a disgrace, but I don't expect Wenger to ever apologize...he's that type of person.
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As long as there are games to play its not over
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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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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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I've never played for a draw in my life.
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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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He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.
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I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City.
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I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.
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Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
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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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It was our worst-ever day, the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1.
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They had Jan Venegoor of...whatever you call him.
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