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I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

Johan Cruijff

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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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After you've won something, you're no longer 100 percent, but 90 percent. It's like a bottle of carbonated water where the cap is removed for a short while. Afterwards there's a little less gas inside.
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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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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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Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
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Coincidence is logical.
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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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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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I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
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Players today can only shoot with their laces. I could shoot with the inside, laces, and outside of both feet. In other words, I was six times better than today's players.
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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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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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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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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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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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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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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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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
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