I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.

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.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

English is not merely a language anymore

Seven deadly sins, seven ways to win, seven holy paths to hell, and your trip beginsSeven downward slopesseven bloodied hopesseven are your burning fires, seven your desires...

If a song's meant to stay around, you carry it with you in your bones.

A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested.

People have value and are important. Big or small they are important.

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.