How can you create a team and bring all these egos together? The main goal for Manchester United is for them to play well - and not have a player saying, 'I play well; I scored two goals'. Because if I score two goals, but three goals go into our net, then we lose.

Johan Cruyff

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Every disadvantage has an advantage. by Johan Cruyff

Every disadvantage has an advantage.

Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is... by Johan Cruyff

Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring.

without quality results boring

It's like everything in football - and life. You need to look, you need to think, you need to move, you need to find space, you need to help others. It's very simple in the end.

you simple football life

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.

better good hero way

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes... by Johan Cruyff

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

whoever makes mistakes game football

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.

better think me people

Football is not about suffering. It's about enjoyment. Control the ball, be friendly with it, try to attack, try to score goals. Of course defending is part of it, but you can defend in a lot of ways.

goals you suffering football

There is no greater medal than to be acclaimed for your style. by Johan Cruyff

There is no greater medal than to be acclaimed for your style.

than your style greater

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. by Johan Cruyff

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

difficult simple play soccer

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlie... by Johan Cruyff

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

others start confused speed

Everybody could use the money, but you don't play for it - you play with your heart - and that's a big difference you see in Barcelona. Everybody wants to play there; everybody wants to enjoy themselves. It's maybe a small percentage, but maybe it's the difference.

you enjoy money heart

If you take golf, you have a teacher for the drive, a teacher for the approach play, and a teacher for the putt. That's three specialist coaches for one player. In football, one coach looks after 25 players.

drive you teacher football

Football is a game you play with your mind. by Johan Cruyff

Football is a game you play with your mind.

game you mind football

I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet. by Johan Cruyff

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

thief own my-own want

Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to... by Johan Cruyff

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

going happen something sometimes

There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring. In the tactical area, I think I just have more than most other players.

me you trust people

Coincidence is logical. by Johan Cruyff

Coincidence is logical.

logical coincidence

My generation put in a lot more hours playing football after school than kids today. These days, all the football these kids play, they play at their clubs, so the clubs need to work seriously on the basic skills.

work today football school

Every disadvantage has its advantage. by Johan Cruyff

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

disadvantage every advantage

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.

players make must end