People remember the treble in 1999 as if we only had to turn up to collect three trophies. But on that cup run, we were 1-0 down against Liverpool going into injury time, and we turned it around to win 2-1. And everyone remembers the Champions League final in Barcelona, where the same thing happened.

Peter Schmeichel

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In football you sometimes have beauty and cruelty together.

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together sometimes football

Everyone of us should emulate him. We can all learn from Paul Scholes.

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scholes paul-scholes should

I admire David De Gea. I cannot remember anyone coming into Manchester United and being criticised the way he was. He was the subject of every debate in the media. You haven’t seen De Gea defend himself in the media or shifting the blame elsewhere. He just gets on with it.

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shifting media way

At Manchester United, you can have a bad day, and the supporters understand. Even in a crunch game, you can have a bad result, and they still back the team.

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day game you team

If you're mentally ready, you're willing to go the extra mile.

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extra-mile go you ready

You will not get anywhere if you are not a great team. It's simple.

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great you team simple

My mother really wanted me to go to school and to university, but I was adamant that I wanted to be a football player.

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me mother football school

Change is good. Quick change can be very dangerous.

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very good dangerous change

There are hundreds of players who are trying to be a Beckham or Cantona but do not have the personality, and they fail.

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fail who personality trying

This is something you learn as soon as you walk through the doors at Old Trafford: that you're never better than your last performance. You always have to improve on your last performance.

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walk performance better you

Goalkeeping is now at a point where it's a very popular position.

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point where now position

Kids want to play in goal.

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goal want play kids

Neuer is the best goalkeeper in the world by far.

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far goalkeeper best world

I would never bring in a player to make a statement.

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statement bring make never

During a big tournament, it is the small details that make big differences.

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small big details differences

You will never see United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the media taking problems he has or the squad has or the club has into the open. Never, ever. But you do see that at Manchester City.

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problems city you media

You have to believe you can win.

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win you believe

You can't do anything successfully in life without leadership.

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without you leadership life

When you look at the goals he has been criticised for, at some point they could have been prevented by a defender, or it was a misunderstanding. It is not down to Joe Hart on his own.

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goals down look you

Every player makes mistakes; every goalkeeper makes mistakes. Every manager does, every broadcaster - every person in life makes mistakes. But for goalkeepers, often when they make a mistake, it leads to a goal.

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mistakes person mistake life