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One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.

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There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.
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If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
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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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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'
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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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There are very few players who know what to do when they're not marked. So sometimes you tell a player: that attacker is very good, but don't mark him.
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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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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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Technique is not being able to juggle a ball 1000 times. Anyone can do that by practicing. Then you can work in the circus. Technique is passing the ball with one touch, with the right speed, at the right foot of your team mate.
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Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.
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In small space a player has to be capable of acting quickly. A good player who needs too much time can suddenly become a poor player.
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It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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When you're playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.
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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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