If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

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

It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.

Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.

If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.

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

There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.

The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.

Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.

Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.

I have gathered a posy of other men's flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.

Generally it is our failures that civilize us. Triumph confirms us in our habits.

It's a wonderful thing to do an inductive study with our concordance.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.

More than a career, I feel that I've got a function. I see things in a much more holistic way. Some people bake the bread, and some people write the songs.

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

Always do what you can do instead of worrying about what you can't.

I don't read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can't see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!

How can tyrants safely govern home, Unless abroad they purchase great alliance.