“Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.”

In response to Sir Alex Ferguson's jibe that his team weren't deserving league and cup champions — "They are scrappers who rely on belligerence - we are the better team", (May 2002) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1975624.stm

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