109 Quotes by Franz beckenbauer

You know the Dutch, they're always a bit funny... some of them.

No one wanted to fall back behind so both teams wated for a mistake from the other.

You have to sometimes shoot from the second row, that's all football. So you have to be a bit more flexible.

If someone has the chance to be top scorer and you want to encourage him, then you give him the chance to be top scorer but it never happened. That's why I believe something is going on there.

He shouldn't have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for England. I would not have resigned under those circumstances.

The one who’s really, really impressed me is Benedikt Höwedes because he’s playing out of position. He’s never played at left back before in his life but he’s having a first-rate World Cup. So, the most astonishing player for me is Höwedes.

It's quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments

George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.

He has been named as the heir apparent of the great Argentine hero, Diego Maradona, by journalists, players, and Maradona himself, alike. I'd personally put him in a drawer of my bedside table.