——温格与弗格森爵士多次争夺英超冠军，当弗爵表示2001-02赛季获得第三的曼联比冠军阿森纳还要出色时，温格做出了这样的回应
The personal is universal, and the universal is personal.
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.