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Johan Cruijff

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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he’s not as good as Ryan Giggs.
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After you’ve won something, you’re no longer 100 percent, but 90 percent. It’s like a bottle of carbonated water where the cap is removed for a short while. Afterwards there’s a little less gas inside.
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I don’t want to be a thief of my own wallet.
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There are very few players who know what to do when they’re not marked. So sometimes you tell a player: that attacker is very good, but don’t mark him.
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I’m ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.
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Players today can only shoot with their laces. I could shoot with the inside, laces, and outside of both feet. In other words, I was six times better than today’s players.
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Italians can’t win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.
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We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You’ll get it back in no time.
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When you’re playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.
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Sometimes something’s got to happen before something is going to happen.
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