19 Quotes by Marco Basten

Some moments we played well but overall we struggled with our opponents because we failed to raise the pace.

From the first minute we faced a lot of difficulties,

We train always on the knife edge with a lot of emotion, but I explained to Ruud that it is important that we control our emotions and treat team mates with respect.

He left a good impression in his last few caps both as a football player and as a human being,

I think the Netherlands and Belgium should set up a joint competition. This way we can counter the (financial) strength of countries like Britain, Spain, Italy, France and Germany where they just splash money about.

Robin's development is absolutely amazing. I am really impressed by the way he is playing and training. I have never been so pleased with him.

Robin is an amazing talent. Technically, he is the best in Holland.

Patrick is doing well at the moment after a long absence and it is his job to give us a tough job selecting the squad.

That doesn't change our aims in any way ? to prepare our young team to shine this summer in Germany.