Manchester United Quotes - Page 4

• Manchester United? That's not an option. I am staying at Bayern Munich. Period. I had a great time under Van Gaal at Bayern, he has been very important for my career but I am very happy at my current club.

  Arjen Robben

  Careers, Important, Clubs

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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 always said to the directors that the minute a player becomes more powerful than the manager of Manchester United, it's not Manchester United. You have lost control of the whole club. So I always made sure that I was in control. They always knew who the manager was.

  Alex Ferguson

  Powerful, Player, Clubs

  Interview with Charlie Rose, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. March 10, 2013.

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• Let's be honest. We're not Manchester United or Arsenal, are we?

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• They (Bayern Munich) lost in the semi-finals of the Champions League to Real Madrid last year, and the year before that were beaten in the final by Manchester United, so their European pedigree is second to none.

  Simon Brotherton

  Football, Real, Champions League

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• I think he [Sir Alex Ferguson] may have even surpassed the achievements of Matt Busby for Manchester United.

  Kenny Dalglish

  Thinking, Achievement, Alex

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• An official statement from Liverpool raised the spectre of a future where 'a club's rival can bring about a significant ban for a top player without anything beyond an accusation'. But on hearing this, many Manchester United fans would have been asking for a definition of the word 'rival'.

  Nick Hornby

  Player, Rivals, Clubs

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• Scholes is the best English player. Intelligence, technique, strength... all the attributes are there. At Manchester United I saw what he could do on the training field. Phew!

  Laurent Blanc

  Player, Training, Technique

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• Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourettes Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior.

  Tim Howard

  Kids, Years, Brain

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• I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.

  Eric Cantona

  Careers, Pinnacle, Retiring

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• Even though I support the blue side of Manchester's football heritage, I don't really mind that wherever I go in the world it's not Manchester City that starts the conversation. 'Ah, yes, Manchester United,' is the response when I say where I come from. It's commonplace everywhere - in Europe, Africa, Asia and even the U.S.

  Lucy Powell

  Football, Blue, Europe

  " Manchester's sporting success led to Team GB's Olympic glory" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. August 29, 2008.

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• People have to understand one thing: at the age of 18 I arrived at a dream club like Manchester United. It was a dream come true. But, even at that moment, I was thinking about playing in England for some years and then going to play in Spain. Even at that time I was thinking that way, and I always gave 100% everything.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Dream, Thinking

  "In his own words: Ronaldo reveals all about Ferguson, his football dreams and his future". Interview with Bruno Prata, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2008.

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• Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble.

  Alan Hansen

  Soccer, Football, Air

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• Manchester United are substituting Blomqvist for Giggs just to bring more legs into the game.

  Tony Gale

  Football, Games, Giggs

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• Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.

  Ron Atkinson

  Football, Games, Position

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know how hard it will be to follow the best manager ever, but the opportunity to manage Manchester United isn't something that comes around very often and I'm really looking forward to taking up the post next season.

  David Moyes

  Opportunity, Next, Looking Forward

  "David Moyes has six years to make his mark at Manchester United" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2013.

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• Today's top players only want to play in London or for Manchester United. That's what happened when I tried to sign Alan Shearer and he went to Blackburn.

  Graeme Souness

  Player, Want, London

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• Two of my boys are Manchester United fans; one is an Arsenal fan. Whenever there is a game I can take the boys to, I love taking them.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Boys, Games

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• The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.

  Howard Wilkinson

  Football, Moving, Years

  "Howard Wilkinson's LMA survey reveals depth of managers' dedication" by Louise Taylor, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2012.

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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 look at what is happening with Ryan Giggs at Manchester United now and I am dismayed that Liverpool are letting that experience leave.

  Jamie Carragher

  Giggs, Looks, Happenings

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• I'm no respecter of tradition and I have no time for the Manchester Uniteds and Arsenals of this world. There's nothing to admire in these clubs. They're just bullshit worlds full of bullshit people.

  Simon Jordan

  People, Bullshit, World

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• We once went 13 games without winning. There's always pressure here. Winning is always important here. How do you handle yourself and compose yourself is important. 
  (on Manchester United)

  Alex Ferguson

  Winning, Games, Scotland

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• Chelsea are the team who can break the Arsenal and Manchester United monopoly.

  Ron Atkinson

  Team, England, Break

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Remember every team wants to beat Chelsea, probably even more than Manchester United or Arsenal because they believe we have an unfair advantage.

  Frank Lampard

  Team, Believe, England

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