We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us.

If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.

To play Holland, you've got to play the Dutch

We Dutch, we like to have an opinion, a strong opinion. We think we know everything better.

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

If you look at my career, I've never gone to a team that had fulfilled their potential.