Quotes About Cruyff

#1. My idol was Johann Cruyff (a Dutch soccer player) and I wanted to be like him. But when I realized that I would never be, I decided to do something else. I met the kitchen by chance and quickly became completely enamoured by it.

Ferran Adria

#2. When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.

Ferran Adria

#3. Arsene Wenger was talking about comparisons with Johan Cruyff, a player who only comes around every 10 years and Thierry Henry is definitely one of those

Gordon Strachan

#4. Johan Cruyff was the first player who understood that he was an artist, and the first who was able and willing to collectivise the art of sports.

David Winner

#5. Pele wasn't as gifted as George Best and I would definitely put George above Johan Cruyff because he had more heart,

Johnny Giles

#6. Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.

Alex Ferguson

#7. And then there was Johan Cruyff, who at 35 has added a whole new meaning to the word Anno Domini.

Archie Macpherson

#8. Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history - Pele's Brazil, Cruyff's Ajax, Sacchi's Milan - but in the past 20 years this Barcelona team is the best.

Xavi

#9. The best of all was Pele, who is a mixture of Di Stefano, Maradona, Cruyff and Leo Messi.

Osvaldo Ardiles

#10. I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.

Johan Cruyff

#11. Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

Johan Cruyff

#12. Without the ball, you can't win.

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#15. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before a game; if it worked, every game would be a tie.

Johan Cruyff

#16. The disabled people that do sport, they don't think about what they don't have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me.

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#18. Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

Johan Cruyff

#19. Coincidence is logical.

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#22. Every disadvantage has its advantage.

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#25. One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.

Johan Cruyff

#26. Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them.

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#28. If I wanted you to understand, I would explain it better.

Johan Cruyff

#29. My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.

Johan Cruyff

#30. 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.

Johan Cruyff