"He was 13 and he floated across the ground like a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind"
Sir Alex Ferguson on his first glimpse of Ryan Giggs
"Sometimes you have a noisy neighbour. You cannot do anything about that. They will always be noisy. You just have to get on with your life, put your television on and turn it up a bit louder"
On cross-town rivals Manchester City
"Do you think I would get into a contract with that mob. Jesus Christ, no chance. I wouldn't sell them a virus"
On Real Madrid's pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009
"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"
On the 1996 appointment of Arsene Wenger
"When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure. They are the inventors of the smokescreen"
On Italian football managers
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