Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.

I've never played for a draw in my life.

If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.

Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.

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.

They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!

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.

You can't applaud a referee.

When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

The devil gives the best first and the worst last, but the Lord saves the best for last.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

Years are like candy bars... We're paying more, but they're getting shorter.

Let each of us dream of a community of artists and work to make that dream a reality.

Please, don’t drive a school bus blindfolded.

If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born myself...a human being.

We're at the crossroads, ... where we need to win to stay alive.

I'm a minor player in my own life story.