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Football is now all about money. There are problems with the values within the game. This is sad because football is the most beautiful game. We can play it in the street. We can play it everywhere.

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My generation put in a lot more hours playing football after school than kids today. These days, all the football these kids play, they play at their clubs, so the clubs need to work seriously on the basic skills.

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Without the ball, you can't win.

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Everybody could use the money, but you don't play for it - you play with your heart - and that's a big difference you see in Barcelona. Everybody wants to play there; everybody wants to enjoy themselves. It's maybe a small percentage, but maybe it's the difference.

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I always delegate. If someone is very good at something, whatever it is, he will be in charge.

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I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.

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

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Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

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The disabled people that do sport, they don't think about what they don't have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me.

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My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Athlete

Born: April 25th, 1947

Died: March 24th, 2016

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