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Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control.

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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
Shake
Shakes
Devil
Accept
Accepting
Control
Hands

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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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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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They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.
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As long as there are games to play its not over
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Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.
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If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me.
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Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
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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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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 think that fear does come into it in some respect in the sense of when I lost my temper I didn't hide behind a bush on it in respect to the times that I did lose my temper. But you know the quality that I had when I lost my temper, I never, ever brought it back again.
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It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing as if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him.
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Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
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I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France.
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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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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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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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Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
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You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.
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If ever there was one player, anywhere in the world, that was made for Manchester United, it was Cantona. He swaggered in, stuck his chest out, raised his head and surveyed everything as though he was asking: 'I'm Cantona. How big are you? Are you big enough for me?'
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