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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.

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Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.
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I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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Every trainer talks about movement, about running a lot. I say don't run so much. Football is a game you play with your brain. You have to be in the right place at the right moment, not too early, not too late.
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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Someone who has juggled the ball in the air during a game, after which four defenders of the opponent get the time to run back, that's the player people think is great. I say he has to go to a circus.
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Coincidence is logical.
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Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think ok, we can take it easy now, while the team with 10 will think We really have to work hard now.
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Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic.
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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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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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Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.
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Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
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Football is simple, you're either on time, or you're too late. If you're too late then you have to leave earlier.
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I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.
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