He is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)

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.

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.

You do what you have to do. That's who you seem to be to me, anyway. You're one who does what he has to do.

The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.

Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.

All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.

[The adoption of the Constitution] will demonstrate as visibly the finger of Providence as any possible event in the course of human affairs can ever designate it.

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

Well, once you get involved with bloodsport litigation, you can not only get drunk on your own greed but start to believe your own lies.

Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life.

But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and simple.