100 Quotes by Marco van Basten

Maybe an orange card could be shown that sees a player go out of the game for 10 minutes for incidents that are not heavy enough for a red card.

When I was growing up, we didn't qualify for the 1982 and 1986 World Cup and the 1984 Euros. And then suddenly we won in 1988. It goes up and down. We are a small country.

When you get older and more open and more honest, it is easier to show yourself how you really are.

We have to ensure that the product called football is always getting better.

We play to win.

It is a contact sport. Being tough is also part of the game.

As a player, you play and you have much more influence. As a manager, you talk about the game all week with every player and all of a sudden when it starts, your influence is so small and it was very difficult for me to accept that.

Two days before the World Cup, it's a good time to be back to your best.

Scoring can be simply a matter of confidence. Sometimes it happens easily.