Quotes from Clarence Seedorf

Companies and football teams have become successful precisely because of how diverse they are.

If you're a talented player, and you're 20 years old, you should be playing in the UEFA Champions League or in the elite European teams like AC Milan, Juventus, or Chelsea.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.

If I could have played on another five years, I would have stayed here because Botafogo have a young, competitive team. We've improved not only technically but also as a team. Even after me, Botafogo will remain great.

You cannot leave the pressure and responsibility on young people in general. Young people must enter a safe and protected environment to be able to pass and fail so, little by little, they can adapt.

Every player needs to be happy and proud to play for Cameroon.

I believe in a European League. I would like to see more quality in the game, and fewer games mean more quality.

Football is not just what you do on the field.

Everyone dreams of winning a European Cup final, and I was lucky to do it at just 19.

I am a winner - and I like to win - but I cannot think that, if I lose, I did not do a good job, because there are other external factors involved.

For me, winning isn't just about lifting the cup, the trophy - it's about giving your maximum, on and off the pitch.

Managers lose more than they win until they get to the big 10 clubs; then, they start winning a bit more than they lose.

Once you stop wanting to improve, you start to slide. And if you want to keep winning, if you want to stay at the top, that's not something you can afford to do.

Winning the Champions League is a very particular feeling, but it's really the journey that makes it special.

There's no guarantee of winning, even if you are the best players and the best team.

If a club has the cups it has, you have to think that Real Madrid is always capable of reaching the final and winning it.

Rijkaard was my idol, but we have different qualities, even if at the beginning we played in the same position.

Real Madrid has a lot of high expectations, not only in terms of results but also with nice football and a lot of goals.

I had a great time with Botafogo, and I am sure they will acquit themselves very well in the Libertadores.

When we're playing, I really shape my body to receive the ball - even before it gets to me.

Having the opportunity to join the FOX family as a soccer analyst in their Moscow studio for what will be my third World Cup is amazing.

I'm sure I will win a title with Inter.

When I am in Holland, I feel negative feelings. That must change.

I wish I could hug all the fans one by one.