Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time.

Nobody is above him or this football club.

So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history?

His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him.

He can be persuasive, he can be charming, he can be frightening.

I'm Kelly Cates, and this is Sporting Giants, Sir Alex Ferguson.

I didn't want to feel. I couldn't feel.

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Who knows where this journey will take us?

Depends what it says on the ticket.

I'm Rick Edwards, and this is Fighting Talk.

Hello, good morning, as you may know, I cobble together all of these words myself, apart from the very opening lines, which are always hip-pop lyrics.

But today, slight departure, those words that you heard, that philosophical puzzler, were in fact submitted by a poet.

And they really do make you think, mainly about how crap poetry is.

Luckily, we have no poets on the show this week, or any week.

But I have to say, it is a sensationly strong lineup, and Adam hurries on too.

On for show number 38.

His 12 wins put him joint 15th on the all-time leaderboard, are the most wins by anyone who's never been on a Champion of Champions show.

And I think it is worth a mention that on his YouTube channel he began the year

by endorsing the use of soup instead of champagne on the Formula One podium.

The guy is, if nothing else, a free think-up.

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