Every trainer talks about movement, about running a lot. I say don't run so much. Football is a game you play with your brain. You have to be in the right place at the right moment, not too early, not too late.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.

Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.

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

A counter-attack can only arise when you make a mistake. That's why there are rules. A horizontal pass? Prohibited. In my line-up there are as many lines as possible. Because you must have the option to pass the ball forward, even if it's a meter. Because then I can still make up for the loss of possession. After a horizontal pass this is impossible.