Alex Ferguson

“The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the students, faculty and friends of the Harv...”

“Bobby Charlton's record was quite substantial. I couldn't think anybody would beat that. It is an achievement par excellence.”

“One of the things I always thought about as a young coach was finding solutions to things that happened, but the most important thing I always referred to was never giving in.”

“The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.”

“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 te...”

“I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.”

“I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.”

“I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don't fly. They're the subs for the first ones. And t...”

“Human beings of today are more fragile, whereas people born in wartime, during the Second World War, eventually became the great players like Pele. They were fantastic players.”

“You can't applaud a referee.”