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The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.

Johan Cruijff

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Italians can never win from you, but you can lose to them. (when asked about Ajax's chances in the 1995 Champs League final against AC Milan)
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I find it terrible when talents are rejected based on computer stats. Based on the criteria at Ajax now I would have been rejected. When I was 15, I couldn't kick a ball 15 meters with my left and maybe 20 with my right. My qualities technique and vision, are not detectable by a computer.
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Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.
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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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After you've won something, you're no longer 100 percent, but 90 percent. It's like a bottle of carbonated water where the cap is removed for a short while. Afterwards there's a little less gas inside.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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Players today can only shoot with their laces. I could shoot with the inside, laces, and outside of both feet. In other words, I was six times better than today's players.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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