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

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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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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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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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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think ok, we can take it easy now, while the team with 10 will think We really have to work hard now.
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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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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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I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.
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There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
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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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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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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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For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.
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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 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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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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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs
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