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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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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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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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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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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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Often you see people who move there and then, once they have arrived, the ball moves here after which they also come here, but then the ball goes there again. I say: just stay where you are, then you are in any case at the right place half of the time.
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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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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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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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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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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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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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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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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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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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'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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