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Coincidence is logical.

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Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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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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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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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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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs
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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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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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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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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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He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
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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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I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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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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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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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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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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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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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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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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