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I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)

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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
Scotland
City
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Cities
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Think
Mirroring
Thinking
Stuart
Manchester

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If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.
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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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The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit.
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I was lying in bed on a Saturday morning, reading the paper, when my phone went. The caller was Rangers director, Jack Gillespie, and he offered me the manager's job at Ibrox. I was flattered but declined with thanks. John Greig was a good friend of mine and I had no intention of being involved in ousting him.
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Pippo Inzaghi was born in an offside position.
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I've never played for a draw in my life.
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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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When he's at the top of his game, there's not a team in the world that can handle Giggs' speed and penetration
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That lad must have been born offside.
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I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that.
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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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David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate.
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Never give in or give up easily on a cause.
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Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.
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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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If my parents were still alive, they would be very proud. They gave me a good start in life, the values that have driven me, and the confidence to believe in myself.
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Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
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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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The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.
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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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