alex ferguson: always. if you have a look at united today charlie, the training ground is absolutely fantastic. there is only one thing that they don't do at united, and that is they don't do operations. mris. ct scans, they can do dentistry, they can do the pediatrician work -- they can do all sorts of things. that's one of the things that i fully embraced, and one of the things that i talked to david gill about. i said, "one of the things that you want to do at this club david, is that when a player is here, he sees that we have the best facilities and that we are always adapting. sports science for instance. about ten years ago our doctor came to me and he says "you know, i think that we should really be thinking about sports science." i said, "well tell me about it." he told me that there was two or three clubs experimenting with it, and that we really needed to be ahead of the times. it wasn't hard to make sure that he was convincing me. he then built his team around young men who had great ideas -- id

, you want to follow the guy who follows alex ferguson. we're sitting here before an american television audience. manchester united. tell me about that. >> well, the thing is it goes back to the 1958 niewnic air disaster, it was justified because it was a young team growing. it could have been a great team. all of the players, i think, were 21 years of age and most had wives in belgrade and the munich air disaster. the first team to win the european cup within ten years and i think that created what manchester was to be, got bigger and bigger. my first trip in 1988, thousands outside, those in corridors, knocking in doors, and that love on the club has grown add grown. >> charlie: what accent do i detect in your voice. >> scottish. you are as well. >> charlie: not as well as you do. here's one thing you said, for a player and for any human being, there's nothing better than hearing "well done." those are the two best words ever invented in sports. you don't need to use superlatives. >> yes. >> charlie: well done. well done, yes. i just mi

." >> sir alex ferguson is here. he retired as manager of manchester football club earlier this year. he won 13 league titles over his career. "the washington post" has said -- ferguson's extraordinary success has seen his influence extend way beyond soccer. a case study was devoted to his leadership principles last year. tony blair recalls calling him for his advice on his cabinet. he has been called britain's steve jobs. a look at his retirement speech. >> one man has been part of the history of this club. five league cups. one european super cup. two champions league titles. one world cup. and 13 premier league titles. [applause] >> my retirement does not mean the end of the club. i am there with joy watching them. but, if you think about those goals, the come backs, even the defeats, are all part of this great club of hours. it has been unbelievable. thank you for that. [applause] also, i would like to remind you that the club stood by me, all the staff stood by me, and the players stood by me. stand by your new

tonight sir alex ferguson. on football and life. >> the best moment has to be barcelona, of course.rophy i never won. thi.when you win, you can never forget it. to encapsulate my life is to have 27 years at manchester is an achievement, the continuity and the consistency that created there and going after the chop, i can't ask for anything more. for me, you know, i've achieved whatever i wanted to achieve and i'm a happy man. >> charlie: sir

is now part-owner of two race horses, joining other celebrity investors such as liz hurley and alex fergusonguest has set up a horse club which allows investors to buy into horses valued up to 100,000 pounds. no horses in the studio, but you've had a strong track record and you got started by investing cheaper. tell me how your start began. >> my background in my family was involved in horse racing. my parents used to train race horses. i understand the business from that point of view. my background is actually more of legality. so currently i've got a small public and restaurant based in chelsea in london. out of that, we started a racing club called the sydney arms racing club and i founded that with a friend of mine who is a stock broker and has his own firm. so there was a financial background and a horse -- thing out of that and we wanted to create a rey racing club. started with smaller horses, 15,000 to 20,000 pounds and maybe two or three people involved in each horse. we've had phenomenal success in every horse we've bought. on that, we think it's time to rebrand it, start buying m