'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!'
Ferguson On Arsene Wenger, shortly after his appointment as Arsenal manager in 1996
'He's a novice, he should keep his opinions to Japanese football.'
Ferguson again dismisses Wenger in 1997
'He could start a row in an empty house.'
On Dennis Wise, the former Chelsea enforcer
'He was certainly full of it, calling me "Boss" and "Big Man" when we had our post-match drink after the first leg. But it would help if his greetings were accompanied by a decent glass of wine. What he gave me was paint-stripper.'
Ferguson's first impressions of Jose Mourinho after United played Porto in 2004
'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.'
Ferguson feeling a little paranoid before United played Inter Milan in the 1999 Champions League quarter-final
'Inzaghi was born in an offside position.'
A withering assessment of Italian striker Filippo Inzaghi
'The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit. He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.'
On referee Alan Wiley after United's 2-2 draw with Sunderland in 2009
'He's a bully, a f***ing big-time Charlie.'
On Paul Ince (after he left United)
'If he was an inch taller he'd be the best centre-half in Britain. His father is 6ft 2in - I'd check the milkman.'
On Gary Neville
'Pardew has come out and criticised me. He is the worst at haranguing referees. He shoves them and makes a joke of it. How he can criticise me is unbelievable.
'He forgets the help I gave him, by the way. The press have had a field day. The only person they have not spoken to is Barack Obama because he is busy.
'It is unfortunate but I am the manager of the most famous club in the world. Not Newcastle, a wee club in the North-East. I was demonstrative. I am always demonstrative. Everyone knows that. I am an emotional guy but I was not abusive.'
Ferguson hits back at Alan Pardew and Newcastle
'On you go. I'm no f***ing talking to you. He's a f**ing great player. Yous are f***ing idiots.'
Aimed at journalists who criticised Juan Sebastian Veron
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