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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

Johan Cruijff

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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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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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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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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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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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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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
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Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
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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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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'
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Without the ball, you can't win.
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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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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When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average ... So, the most important thing is: what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines wether you're a good player or not.
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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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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 about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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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