Even on today's Wall Street, where $200 million may no longer qualify as big money, Mr. Clark's was a magnificent promise.
His only other one was the World Cup in 2006, an experience he describes as "magnificent for me and for the whole nation because we qualified for the biggest event in the world of football for the first time".
"The start we have had has been magnificent and we'll never have a better chance to qualify for a major tournament," added the Hamilton Academical skipper.
Guardiola, who was part of new Old Trafford boss Louis van Gaal's Barcelona team before going on to coach the La Liga team himself, added that United's failure to qualify for the tournament showed "why football is magnificent".
Of the so-called Magnificent Seven who won gold in 1996, five are trying to qualify for Sydney -- Miller, Dominique Dawes, Amy Chow, Jaycie Phelps and Dominique Moceanu.
The Oyster Bar in Grand Central Terminal has a magnificent list of mostly white wines, and an oyster stew at the counter qualifies anyone to drink them.
Two goals from Bale, magnificent that night, had seen Wales come from behind and earn their first World Cup qualifying points after defeats to Belgium and Serbia.
Even if Arsenal did qualify for next season's Champions League, the club's supporters - who offered magnificent and unstinting support in the face of a pretty nasty beating from Bayern - would expect Wenger to seriously consider his next step.
This is a magnificent performance from the Masters debutant; if he manages to get home without too many mistakes, this will qualify as a fairytale round.
Hamilton charging through from the back row after a fire in qualifying – and having damaged his front wing in a first-lap spin on a wet track – to take a magnificent third place.
