Quotes by Johan Cruijff

Johan Cruijff

A counter-attack can only arise when you make a mistake. That’s why there are rules. A horizontal pass? Prohibited. In my line-up there are as many lines as possible. Because you must have the option to pass the ball forward, even if it’s a meter. Because then I can still make up for the loss of possession. After a horizontal pass this is impossible.

Counter Attack

Loss

Mistake

Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake.

Effort

Mistake

Soccer

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.

Change

Football

Water

Before I make a mistake, I don’t make that mistake.

Change

Football

Mistake

Choose the best player for every position, and you’ll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1’s.

Change

Football

Strong

Coincidence is logical.

Coincidence

Logical

Eric Cantona is a great player, but he’s not as good as Ryan Giggs

Eric

Giggs

Player

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Advantage

Disadvantages

Soccer

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

Advantage

Soccer

Sports

Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.

Change

Football

Player

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Acting

Advantage

Ajax

Balls

Beats

Beautiful

Boring

Can't Win

Change

Children

Coincidence

Counter Attack

Cristiano Ronaldo

Differences

Disadvantages

Effort

Eric

Essentials

Europe

Failing

Five

Football

Footballer

Fun

Games

Giggs

Giving

Goal

Goalkeepers

Golf

Happens

Hard

Hard Work

Hero

Home

I Can

Ifs

Immortal

Important

Improvement

Inspirational

Kids

Law

League

Levels

Limits

Logic

Logical

Loses

Loss

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Quotes by Johan Cruijff

Johan Cruijff

Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake.

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.

Before I make a mistake, I don’t make that mistake.

Choose the best player for every position, and you’ll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1’s.

Coincidence is logical.

Eric Cantona is a great player, but he’s not as good as Ryan Giggs

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.

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