Johan Cruyff Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Johan Cruyff:
Every disadvantage has its advantage.
~Johan Cruyff
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I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet.
~Johan Cruyff
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My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.
~Johan Cruyff
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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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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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Without the ball, you can't win.
~Johan Cruyff
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
~Johan Cruyff
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
~Johan Cruyff
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One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.
~Johan Cruyff
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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.
~Johan Cruyff
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Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them.
~Johan Cruyff
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Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted to tackle this problem with someone from the same background who had come through it. And that was Edgar Davids. During one of our fights, I pointed that out to him. But it had nothing to do with his skin colour.
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The disabled people that do sport, they don't think about what they don't have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me.
~Johan Cruyff
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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
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Coincidence is logical.
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Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.
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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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To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent.
~Johan Cruyff
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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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