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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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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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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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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
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For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.
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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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Coincidence is logical.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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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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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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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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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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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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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There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
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Football is simple, you're either on time, or you're too late. If you're too late then you have to leave earlier.
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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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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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.
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