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I still have a lot of room for improvement.

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
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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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In small space a player has to be capable of acting quickly. A good player who needs too much time can suddenly become a poor player.
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Without the ball, you can't win.
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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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The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
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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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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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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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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