Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.

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.

Players today can only shoot with their laces. I could shoot with the inside, laces, and outside of both feet. In other words, I was six times better than today's players.

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent

He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.