Quotes on Great Football

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

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

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Technique is not being able to juggle a ball 1000 times. Anyone can do that by practicing. Then you can work in the circus. Technique is passing the ball with one touch, with the right speed, at the right foot of your team mate.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. _x000D_ People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society. _x000D_ Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

I find it terrible when talents are rejected based on computer stats. Based on the criteria at Ajax now I would have been rejected. When I was 15, I couldn't kick a ball 15 meters with my left and maybe 20 with my right. My qualities technique and vision, are not detectable by a computer.

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do