Johan Cruijff citáty
Johan Cruijff
Datum narození: 25. duben 1947
Datum úmrtí: 24. březen 2016
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff, známý též jako Johan Cruyff, byl nizozemský fotbalový trenér a bývalý výborný hráč, považovaný za jednoho z velikánů hry. Stal se třikrát evropským fotbalistou roku a evropským hráčem století IFFHS v roce 1999. Figuruje na seznamu UEFA Jubilee 52 Golden Players. S 215 góly je třetím nejlepším střelcem Eredivisie v historii, před ním jsou pouze Ruud Geels a Willy van der Kuijlen . Pelé ho roku 2004 zařadil mezi 125 nejlepších žijících fotbalistů. Wikipedia
Citáty Johan Cruijff
„Right now, I have the feeling that I am 2-0 up in the first half of a match that has not finished yet. But I am sure that I will end up winning.“
Eurosport.com, 13 February 2016 http://www.eurosport.com/football/liga/2015-2016/johan-cruyff-i-m-2-0-up-at-half-time-in-battle-against-lung-cancer_sto5174173/story.shtml.
„Football is now all about money. There are problems with the values within the game. And this is sad because football is the most beautiful game. We can play it in the street. We can play it everywhere. Everyone can play it but those values are being lost. We have to bring them back.“
In an interview with The Guardian's Donald McRae in September 2014 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/12/johan-cruyff-louis-van-gaal-manchester-united.
„4-5-1? Never. It was always 4-3-3 for me as a player and as manager, just like [Frank] Rijkaard at Barcelona. With 4-3-3, it's much easier to make combinations going forward. With only one forward, who is he going to pass to? Who is he going to make combinations with? Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football and nobody will convince me otherwise.“
In an interview with Lawrence Donegan of The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/oct/01/sport.comment6 (1 October 2005).
„It hurts me that Holland chose an ugly path to aim for the title.“
BBC Sport (12 July 2010).
„Every trainer talks about movement, about running a lot. I say don't run so much. Football is a game you play with your brain. You have to be in the right place at the right moment, not too early, not too late.“
reported in David Winner (2012). Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football.
„Every disadvantage has its advantage.“
In They said It: Johan Cruyff ( FIFA.com, 25 April 2014 http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=4/news=they-said-it-johan-cruyff-2323958.html).
„I haven't always been understood. As a footballer, as coach and also for what I did after all that. But OK, Rembrandt and Van Gogh weren't understood either. That's what you learn: people go on bothering you until you're a genius.“
reported in Johan Cruyff (2016). My Turn: The Autobiography.
