Johan Cruyff Quotes

Someone who has juggled the ball in the air during a game, after which four defenders of the opponent get the time to run back, that's the player people think is great. I say he has to go to a circus.

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.

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You'll get it back in no time.

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.

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.

When you're playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.

You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.

YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING; QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.

Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Without the ball, you can't win.

I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet.

I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.

In a way, I'm probably immortal.

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

There is only one ball, so you need to have it.

Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.

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

If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.

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

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.

Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.

In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.

You have got to shoot, otherwise, you can't score.

There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.

If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.