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From Sir Alex Ferguson's advice to Dean Windass' revelation, Standard Sport looks at some of the best quotes from the week and a story you may have missed...

"I say to them all the time: 'Go back to your mother the same person you were when you arrived. That's important, because I'm sure your mother doesn't like to see you change'. And we don't like to see them change either" - Sir Alex Ferguson reveals the advice he gives to Manchester United players

"The one thing we have to concentrate on is concentration" - Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish

"Just over a week ago I hit rock-bottom and decided to end it all. I first took an overdose and when that didn't work tried to hang myself. I felt so alone and believed I had nothing to live for" - Former Hull player Dean Windass reveals how badly he has been affected by depression since retiring from football

"A blundering full-back could've stuck a couple of those in - from about four leagues below" - Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill rues his team's missed chances in the 1-0 loss at Chelsea

"It's like flirting with a girl. Perhaps she will resist you at first, but if you continue to ask her out, it always ends well. Never give up" - Shanghai Shenhua owner Zhu Jun preaches the determined approach his club used in their pursuit of Chelsea's Didier Drogba

Story you may have missed

Amauri auctioned on Ebay

Entrepreneurship in football has reached a new level.

Juventus have tried to sell Amauri, unpopular and unsettled at the Italian club, but their struggle to offload the forward prompted a fan to take action - by deciding to sell him on Ebay.

Indeed bidding for Amauri reached an astonishing £8m, but he was then withdrawn by the site.

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