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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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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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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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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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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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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There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
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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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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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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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The hardest thing about an easy match is making a weak opponent play poor. A poor player isn't poor because he tends to kick the ball in his own goal. It's because when you put intense pressure on him, he loses control. So you have to increase the tempo of the game and he'll automatically give the ball away.
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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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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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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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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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I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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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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I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
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