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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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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
Scotland
Improving
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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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He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.
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The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.
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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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It's a conflict of parallels.
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Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
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I always say prepare to be a coach to anybody who wants to be a coach. At 24 years of age when I left engineering to become full time in football, I made sure that I was never going back to engineering.
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I've never played for a draw in my life.
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They (the press) have a hatred of Manchester United.
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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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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 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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If we can play like that every week well get some level of consistency.
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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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He's such a great threat because of his power and pace. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)
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I was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.
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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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When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.
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Everest in his slippers. That's what he was like.
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He's a normal, likable, straightforward boy. (on David Beckham)
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