Johan Cruijff quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Johan Cruijff

Johan Cruijff Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.

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.

Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs

There is only one ball, so you need to have it.

I felt sorry for the match ball - it came off the pitch crying.

The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.

It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.

Football is simple, you're either on time, or you're too late. If you're too late then you have to leave earlier.

In a way I'm probably immortal.

When you're playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.

The ball is an essential part of the game.

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.

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Football is a game you play with your brain

Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.

Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.

If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.

If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.

We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You'll get it back in no time.

Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake.

Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.

It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.

YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING; QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.

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.

Football is simple. You are in time or too late. When you are too late, you should start sooner.

He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.

Italians can never win from you, but you can lose to them.
(when asked about Ajax's chances in the 1995 Champs League final against AC Milan)

The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.

In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.

Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.

What is speed? The sports press often confuses speed with insight. See, if I start running slightly earlier than someone else, I seem faster.

I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.