If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.

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

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

If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'

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

In small space a player has to be capable of acting quickly. A good player who needs too much time can suddenly become a poor player.

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 wether you're a good player or not.