"My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f***ing perch. And you can print that"- Sir Alex Ferguson (after having been appointed manager of Man Utd)
"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!"- Sir Alex Ferguson on Arsene Wenger
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”-Bill Shankly, Liverpool manager on football
“If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later.”-Bob Paisley advising his players
“Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.”-Gary Lineker after losing the 1990 World Cup semifinal to Germany on penalties