100 Quotes by Marco van Basten

If you are not forced to change, then there are no reasons to change.

Barca play a really clever type of football, close together with everyone at a high level technically.

Premier League clubs have a lot of money, that's why they're strong and have a lot of good players.

We have to be careful with time-wasting, the behaviour of the players. There are a lot now who are complaining during the game. We have to think about only the captain able to talk to the referee, not everybody, because we're losing a lot of time.

All the pain I had, it was not worth it. My ankle created so many problems, it affected my day-to-day living. But at that time football was my whole life. Now I am older, I have had a life without football. You can still have a good life - there is more than football.

There's a lot of emotion in the game but we have to control it. The people want to see action.

I played against Maradona and he was a great player like Messi too.

I'd like to help the professional game to get it more exciting, more spectacular, more honest also.

A top-class striker normally plays up on his toes, so he can sprint or go for every ball that falls in his direction.