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

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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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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 don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
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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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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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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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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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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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Coincidence is logical.
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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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It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.
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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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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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There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
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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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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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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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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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