Hendrik Johannes Cruijff:
(25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016).
Commonly known as Johan Cruyff.
Dutch professional football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest players in history and as the greatest Dutch footballer ever, he won the Ballon d’Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974.
Cruyff was a proponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football developed by Rinus Michels, which Cruyff also employed as a manager. Because of the far-reaching impact of his playing style and his coaching ideas, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern football, and he is also regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time.
You can also play well without hitting a ball.
If I wanted you to understand, I would have explained it better.
If you don’t know how to win, you have to make sure you don’t lose.
Every disadvantage has its benefit.
If we have the ball, they cannot score.
Playing football is very simple, but the hardest thing in the world is playing simple football.
I don’t believe. In Spain, all 22 players strike a cross before coming onto the pitch, so if it works, it will always be a draw.
Often, something has to happen before anything happens.
Better to go down with your own vision than with someone else’s.
I have never seen a bag of money score a goal.
If I ask you to show what you can do, you would show what you can do. But then I immediately know what you can’t do, because you don’t show that.
I’m against everything. Until I make a decision, then I’m in favor of it. Seems logical to me.
You only start seeing it when you realise it.
If you play on possession, you don’t need to defend, because there is only one ball.
Playing simply is best.
The truth is never exactly as you think it would be.
