"Munich robbed England of its greatest player, there is no question about that.
"Whenever anyone mentions how great Duncan Edwards was, it is the absolute truth.
"I played with him in the youth team and I did my National Service with him, so I probably saw more of him than any other player. I have never changed my mind about how good he was.
"I never think 'is this right' when I say he was the best player I ever played with. He was a colossus. It is one of the great tragedies of sport that Duncan Edwards was taken from us when he was only 21."
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"I don't think anything would have stopped him. [Busby defying the FA to play in Europe]
"Manchester United are in the football business, we are a big club, playing in front of big crowds. Matt was determined. Why should we not be playing on the biggest stage?
"The European Cup became an obsession for Matt.
"When we won it in 1968, it was as much for the people who had died as it was for ourselves.
"But that night in Barcelona was the happiest I have ever been in my life. It was exactly what Manchester United is all about. You play for the 90 minutes and you keep going, come what may."