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Johan Cruijff quotes: Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.

Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.

Johan Cruijff quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: There is only one ball, so you need to have it.

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: I felt sorry for the match ball - it came off the pitch crying.

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.

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

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: In a way I'm probably immortal.

In a way I'm probably immortal.

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: The ball is an essential part of the game.

The ball is an essential part of the game.

Johan Cruijff quotes: 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.

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.

Johan Cruijff quotes: Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Johan Cruijff quotes: Football is a game you play with your brain

Football is a game you play with your brain

Johan Cruijff quotes: Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.

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

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.

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

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING; QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: 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)

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)

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.

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

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.

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

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

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

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

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

Johan Cruijff quotes: If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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