Quotes ... Sir Alex Ferguson's infamous one-liners have entertained us down the years. Source: Paul Ellis / AFP
Retiring Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson was infamous for his one-liners down the years. Here is a selection of his best.
"My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their (expletive) perch. And you can print that." - Ferguson looking back on when he was hired by Manchester United in 1986.
"There has been a lot of expectation on Manchester City and with the spending they have done, they have to win something. Sometimes you have a noisy neighbour and have to live with it. You can't do anything about them." - on Manchester City emerging as United's rival in 2008 following the takeover by Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mansour.
"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 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose side won the Premier League three times during Ferguson's time at United.
"I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind." - on his first impression of flying winger Ryan Giggs.
"It's getting tickly now – squeaky-bum time, I call it."- on the 2003 EPL title race.
"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 smoke screen." - on the mind games employed by Italian soccer teams.
"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 hopes of signing Cristiano Ronaldo before the Spanish side succeeded in 2009.
"Football, bloody hell." - after the Champions League final in 1999 when United scored twice in the closing minutes to beat Bayern Munich 2-1.
"It was a freakish incident. If I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could I would have carried on playing!" - on the 2003 incident in which United midfielder David Beckham was struck accidentally on the head by a flying boot kicked by Ferguson.
"It would help if his greetings were accompanied by a decent glass of wine. What he gave me was paint-stripper." - on post-match drinks with Jose Mourinho, who won the Premier League twice as Chelsea manager.
"I think he is very concerned about his CV. He refers to it quite a lot." - on Rafael Benitez, whose stints in charge of Liverpool and Chelsea have been marked by spats with Ferguson.
"The press have had a field day. The only person they have not spoken to is Barack Obama because he is busy." - on media coverage of his argument with Newcastle manager Alan Pardew this season.
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