Quotes About Johan Cruyff

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

Archie Macpherson

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

Johnny Giles

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. 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

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

Johan Cruyff

#7. 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

#8. Coincidence is logical.

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#11. 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

#12. 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

#13. I don't make sense yadda yadaaaaa

Lil' Wayne

#14. It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war
that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

Sun Tzu

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#20. Every disadvantage has its advantage.

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

#23. 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

#24. Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation.

Anne Lamott

#25. It was fear that first made the gods25 - fear of hidden forces in the earth, rivers, oceans, trees, winds, and sky. Religion became the propitiatory worship of these forces through offerings, sacrifice, incantation, and prayer.

Will Durant

#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

#31. The equator was wisely put where it is, because if it had been run through Europe all the kings would have tried to grab it.

Mark Twain