100 Quotes by Marco van Basten

If you have 48 countries in a World Cup, we have more countries who have the joy of participating.

I feel very honoured that I've been chosen as the best player for 1992 by national coaches with so much football knowhow.

If you can score a lot of goals in Italy, you can do it in the Champions League as well.

Messi is the best player in the world. If he wins a World Cup, he will be the best player ever.

When you are a good player you want to play every week.

I saw Cruyff at 36 and the way he played was interesting because he was so quick to understand situations. Football can still be very nice at that age because even though you are not as strong or as quick, you can still see things that others see two seconds later.

From the bottom of my heart I can honestly say that it is always nice to see Milan play.

Football should be tense, fair and attractive.

Some players have 18 years in football. But some players are injured before they start. When I thought like that I said: 'If I compare with that I have been very lucky. At least I had 10 years of a beautiful experience that changed my life for ever.'