Quotes About Johan Cruyff

When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.

Coaching courses are still much too theoretical, and this is what you see reflected in the basic technical skills of the average player. I even see things deteriorating.

Before heading out on to the pitch, Johan Cruyff gave his players a simple instruction: 'Go out there and enjoy yourselves.' It was a statement that embodies an entire footballing philosophy and was central to Cruyff 's principles; yet for others, its simplicity, ahead of such a key game, might be considered an insult to the coaching profession.

My origins are I was a massive fan of Johan Cruyff, massive fan of that Ajax team, and my father was. That sort-of led me to look at the aesthetics of football, rather than just the end result.