People look at football in parts and modern coaches take things apart and put them back together again, but that´s unnatural.
Without our context we are not what we are. We are not a list of attributes!
My aim is not to fracture and break apart what should be together, not to decontextualize.”

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

”Football has to be fun for kids - or it doesn´t make sence.”

”I am constantly being asked about individuals.

The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one, two or three star-players.”

”Behind every kick of the ball, there has to be a thought.”

”If I have to make a tackle
then I have already made a mistake”

"Choose the best player for every position, and you´ll end up not with a strong 11, but with 11 strong ones.”

You have to take care of these things.”

”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.”

”You hear all these people saying, 'Oh, Pep, what a good manager he is.' Forget about it. Cruyff was the best, by far. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.” (interview i The Guardian)

”I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid.

A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.”

”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.”

”Technique is not being able to juggle a ball a 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.”

”I don´t see how people can tell someone that is fifteen-sixteen years old they are not good enough, when they still have many years to grow.”

”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.”

”Football is played with the head. Your legs are just the tools.”

”In possession eleven men have to be in motion. Busy fine-tuning distances. It´s not a question of how much you run but where you run to.”

”We do not pass to move the ball, we pass to move the opposition.”

”When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average …  So, the most important thing is: What do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines whether you’re a good player or not.”

”I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I´m not enjoying it, I will leave football.”

”In most scenarios it isn´t the man on the
ball who decides where the ball goes, but players without the ball. Their running actions determine the next pass.”

”The faster the ball goes, the faster it comes back.

In eight out of ten situations when you kick the ball long, the oppositions central defender is going to win it back.”

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

”Aim for the sky, and you´ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling, and you´ll stay on the floor.”

”If you play on possession you don´t have
to defend, because there´s only one ball.”

”I don´t divide football into attacking and defending. In football everything depends on everything”

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

”I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.”

”There are many people who can say that a team are playing badly. There are few people who can say why they play badly. And there are even fewer people who can say what should be done to make them play better.”

“What is speed? The sports press often confuses speed with insight. See, if I start running slightly earlier than someone else, I seem faster.”

”Iniesta doesn´t die his hair, he doesn´t wear earrings, he doesn´t have tattoos. Maybe that makes him unattractive to the media, but he is the best.”

”I trained 3-4 hours a week at Ajax when I was little but played 3-4 hours every day on the street. So where do you think I learnt football?”