117 Quotes by Johan Cruijff

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

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.

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.

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

To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

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

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

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