Quote

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Johan Cruijff

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Johan Cruijff
Disadvantage
Disadvantages
Soccer
Advantage
Every

More quotes by Johan Cruijff

Image
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.
Johan Cruijff
Image
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.
Johan Cruijff
Image
It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.
Johan Cruijff
Image
Without the ball, you can't win.
Johan Cruijff
Image
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.
Johan Cruijff
Image
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.
Johan Cruijff
Image
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.
Johan Cruijff
Image
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.
Johan Cruijff
Image
YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
Johan Cruijff
Image
There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
Johan Cruijff
Image
When you're playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.
Johan Cruijff
Image
Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
Johan Cruijff
Image
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.
Johan Cruijff
Image
If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.
Johan Cruijff
Image
Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
Johan Cruijff
Image
Every trainer talks about movement, about running a lot. I say don't run so much. Football is a game you play with your brain. You have to be in the right place at the right moment, not too early, not too late.
Johan Cruijff
Image
You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
Johan Cruijff
Image
Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
Johan Cruijff
Image
If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
Johan Cruijff
Image
Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.
Johan Cruijff