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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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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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I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.
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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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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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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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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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If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
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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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Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
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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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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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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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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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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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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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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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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