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

Johan Cruijff

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Without the ball, you can't win.
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If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
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I find it terrible when talents are rejected based on computer stats. Based on the criteria at Ajax now I would have been rejected. When I was 15, I couldn't kick a ball 15 meters with my left and maybe 20 with my right. My qualities technique and vision, are not detectable by a computer.
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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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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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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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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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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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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 a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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Coincidence is logical.
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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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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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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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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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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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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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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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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