And then my two grandsons were in with me, and all of a sudden I stopped talking, I just couldn't get a word out. You can't talk, has my memory gone? And I owe it to them really. When asked how the ordeal had changed him, Ferguson replied: "Probably not taking things too seriously in terms of knowing that you're vulnerable… if I go tomorrow I'll be grateful for three years extra I had.
That's a feeling I've had for quite a while now. With Ferguson's working-class identity and Glasgow roots a central theme of the film, it features previously unseen footage of him leading an apprentice march in Glasgow in , when the shipyard workers went on strike to demand higher pay. But these things are really the foundation. The film - which Jason said he wanted to be a "very personal and intimate" portrait of his father's life, also reveals the appreciation Ferguson feels for his family, and especially his wife, Lady Cathy.
I couldn't fail, so that was always a driving force for me, and I needed a wife that recognised that and lived with it, and that couldn't have been easy for her. She brought the boys up. He then went on to become the longest-serving manager in Manchester United's history, winning 38 trophies in 26 and a half years, including 13 Premier League titles and the Champions League twice.
With more than hours of material gathered for the film, it ends with the Champions League final, when United scored twice in stoppage time to claim a famous victory over Bayern Munich and complete the Treble, having already won the Premier League and FA Cup. The future of the competition was threatened last month when 12 clubs, including United, tried to launch the European Super League. The breakaway plot failed, but sparked fury among United's fans, some of whom stormed Old Trafford in protest at the actions of the club's despised American owners, the Glazer family.
Ferguson declined to be drawn on the controversy surrounding the owners or the fan protest, but did make clear his opposition to the idea of a sealed-off 'super league', with access restricted to the wealthiest clubs.
That is a provincial club, fulfilling its dream. So that's the answer. We can't do without that really. When asked if he would find it harder to be a manager in today's game, where power has shifted towards players and their agents, Ferguson said: "I personally don't think so. I'm not being boastful, but I think I had that personality to do well, the drive and the hunger and the energy.
Even when I got into my 60s I wanted the players to really see my energy. I was very lucky to inherit the kind of players that I did in my earlier days. Ferguson also suggested that he feels agents are unnecessary, and implied they demand wages for players that the players do not deserve.
Ferguson said that David Beckham's marriage to his wife, Victoria, changed his professional priorities for the worse. He used to go into work with the academy coaches at night time, he was a fantastic young lad.
He is such a big celebrity, football is only a small part. The big part is his persona. He doesn't get any profile because he doesn't want any profile.
I love to wind him up by going over to him and saying, 'Sky want to interview you now. Actually, if Paul had a higher profile, I don't think he'd be the player he is. On Wayne Rooney's suggestion of making peace in public with Cristiano Ronaldo after their bust-up at the World Cup, a suggestion Ferguson rejected. He suggested he could do a TV interview with Ronaldo and they could show everything was fine. I thought it would look stage-managed and said no. We told him we'd had a similar experience with David Beckham [after France 98].
Ronaldo was concerned but not afraid [about coming back]. We said we'd put extra security on his house. He said he'd try it and see how it went.
It's been no bother. On why Paul Gascoigne was the player he was most disappointed to have missed out on signing. Recalling the incident, years later, for the BBC, Motson wrote :. It happened after a game between Manchester United and Middlesbrough in , when Roy Keane had been sent off for the third time in 14 games. I asked about the United captain's disciplinary record and Ferguson erupted.
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