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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.

Johan Cruijff

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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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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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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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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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If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.
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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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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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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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Without the ball, you can't win.
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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 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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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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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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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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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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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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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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I can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the one that goes beyond the limits of logic.
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