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

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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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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
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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'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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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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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 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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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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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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Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.
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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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I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.
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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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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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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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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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