Johan Cruijff
Johan Cruijff
Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff OON, anglicised to Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and coach. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was one of the most famous exponents of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. In the 1970s, Dutch football rose from near obscurity...
limits logic i-can
I can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the one that goes beyond the limits of logic.
rooms improvement room-for-improvement
I still have a lot of room for improvement.
soccer football team
However good an English team is, they will always have an additional advantage. It is that European players know that their English opponents will come at them in the belief they will win, and they can always be guaranteed never to stop fighting. They have a natural aggression that they are born with. If it ever goes, English football will lose its most valuable dimension.
beautiful kids play
I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
football play offensive
Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
soccer football sorry
I felt sorry for the match ball - it came off the pitch crying.
player want needs
To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.
soccer mistake hard
I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
soccer football play
The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
football simple too-late
Football is simple. You are in time or too late. When you are too late, you should start sooner.
coincidence logical
Coincidence is logical.
change football strong
Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.
football mistake games
Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.
change football player
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.