Manchester Quotes - Page 3

• I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or Leeds or Welsh or Irish.

  Graham Coxon

  Thinking, Band, London

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• It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions. Together I'm sure we will make history.

  Louis van Gaal

  Ambition, Games, League

  "Spain, Netherlands will meet again in World Cup". Interview with Kevin Baxter, www.latimes.com. June 03, 2014.

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• I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.

  Shayne Ward

  Laughing, Role Playing, Roles

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• After watching Watford against Manchester City last night
  that was like a bubblebath. It was beautiful.

  Eamon

  Beautiful, Night, Cities

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• Manchester United breathe football. When I have to make hard decisions, I always listen to little boy inside me and what he wants. That little boy was screaming for United.

  Robin van Persie

  Football, Boys, Decision

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• I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees.

  Gordon Strachan

  Team, Taken, Champions League

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• There was one or two offers that did come along during my time at United, but I always came back to this point; why would you leave United? Where is the bigger challenge? And the thing about challenges is, once you have won something, you can't live on that. Not at Manchester United - you have got to win the next one. And that's the challenge. Maintaining that consistency of winning which is a mentality that I have had.

  Alex Ferguson

  Winning, Two, Consistency

  RedNews interview, www.dailymail.co.uk. October 2, 2013.

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• I once wrote a lecture for Manchester University called « Moments of Discovery » in which I said that there are two moments that are important. There's the moment when you know you can find out the answer and that's the period you are sleepless before you know what it is. When you've got it and know what it is, then you can rest easy.

  Dorothy Hodgkin

  Discovery, Two, Important

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• I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Girl, Fashion, Hair

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• First New York was a sort of provincial capital, bigger and richer than Manchester or Marseilles, but not much different in its essential spirit. Then, after the war, it became one among half a dozen world cities. Today it has the appearance of standing alone, as the center of culture in the part of the world that still tries to be civilized.

  Malcolm Cowley

  New York, War, Cities

  MALCOLM COWLEY (1967). “Think Back on Us”

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• They (the press) have a hatred of Manchester United.

  Alex Ferguson

  Hatred, Manchester United, Presses

  "Fergie fumes at 'hateful press", www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2005.

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• Manchester United is still in my heart. Disappointed they didn't win the title but they are still the kings of Premier League.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Kings, Heart, Winning

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• If I should be so blessed as to revisit again my own country, but more especially Manchester, all that I could hope or desire would be presented before in one view.

  Robert Clive

  Country, Blessed, Views

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• I liked the Paul Ince and Roy Keane partnership Manchester United had. They would have been my team had I moved to England.

  Xavi

  Team, England, Partnership

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• We will go back to playing like Manchester United.

  Ryan Giggs

  Football, League, Manchester United

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• It gave the title to Manchester City - it's as simple as that.

  Jose Mourinho

  Football, Simple, Cities

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• I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester

  John Thaw

  Jobs, Couple, School

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• If Real Madrid land on Manchester airport, then the airport will be surely flooded just to see one player whom fans want most. Everyone knows the name, I don't need to tell it. He is the Prince and legend of Manchester,The King and legend of Real(Madrid). 'CRISTIANO RONALDO'

  Gary Neville

  Kings, Real, Cristiano Ronaldo

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• Winning the Ballon d’Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United.

  Paul Scholes

  Winning, Play, Manchester United

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• I don't follow football, I just love the name Aston Villa. Here in England you have other footballing entities like Manchester and Arsenal and Chelsea

  Tom Hanks

  Football, Names, Villa

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• I thought I would be at United for a couple of years, maybe three or four, and then go abroad somewhere. But I just fell in love with Manchester United. I fell in love with winning, fell in love with the history of the club and being part of it was something I could never have imagined.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Couple, Winning, Years

  "Rio Ferdinand exclusive: Man United was supposed to be temporary but I fell in love with the place" by John Cross, www.mirror.co.uk. August 8, 2013.

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• Playing for Manchester United is something that most people want and very few people do - but there is no harm in having a dream as long as you are realistic with it.

  David Gill

  Dream, Long, People

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• Welbeck is not the standard required at Manchester United.

  Louis van Gaal

  Standards, Manchester United, United

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• Arsenal and Manchester United play the best football. They're not happy with one goal, they want to win by three.

  Chris Coleman

  Soccer, Football, Winning

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• Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.

  Alex Ferguson

  Winning, Years, League

  "Read the Fergie interview transcript... on holding grudges, listening to American Civil War tapes on the way to work, handling Man United's millionaires and why he thinks Pele is THE all-time No 1". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.dailymail.co.uk. October 2, 2013.

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