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Johan Cruyff

Coaching courses are still much too theoretical, and this is what you see reflected in the basic technical skills of the average player. I even see things deteriorating.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

All these countries like Holland and Scotland, they create their own problems. They are always complaining, but they don’t solve anything. Don’t look at what you don’t have; look at what you can create.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

I learned my English from Keith Spurgeon. He had some small children, and I was young, too, and so we spoke the language together, and it was fantastic.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

Ajax was spending too much money; they were buying players that were too expensive. If you get 100 per cent, you can’t spend 120 per cent. It’s quite easy.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

When I don’t have control of the ball, what do I do? I press to get it back. It’s a way of defending. But more important is that I like to have the ball. That’s why I believe in individual coaching sessions to prepare players properly.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

In the Premier League, the money is a problem, but I don’t really know how to control it.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

I always use the basic quality of people to achieve what I want to achieve. That’s a different way of thinking. I always love that they do things. And when it goes wrong, well, try to correct it in one way or another.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

For years, we have had many coaches in football, but there are no teachers anymore. And you see that in the play itself.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

I wanted to get my coaching badges after retiring, and I asked to take the exam, but they told me I needed to study for four years. I told them they were crazy. Who is going to study for four years? How is someone going to teach me technical things when I know more than they do?

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

Van Gaal has a good vision of football, but it is not mine. He wants to gel winning teams and has a militaristic way of working with his tactics. I want individuals to think for themselves.

– Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

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

Johan Cruyff

The romance of English football is fantastic, but it has lost its identity under the influence of other cultures.

– Johan Cruyff

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