Johan Cruijff Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.”
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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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“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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“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.”
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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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You'll get it back in no time.”
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“If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.”
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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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“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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“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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“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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“Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.”
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“It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.”
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“Football is a game you play with your brain”
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“Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.”
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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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“The fun part of golf is the variety of shots. In football you can do anything with a ball, but you can do anything with a golf ball as well. When you hit a shot and the ball does exactly what you want it to do ... that's wonderful. It's just great when you hit the ball well. You should always try not to make the ball cry.”
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“To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent”
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“The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.”
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“You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.”
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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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“I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong”
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“Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.”
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