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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

Johan Cruijff

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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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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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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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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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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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I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.
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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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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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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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Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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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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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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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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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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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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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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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