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How can you create a team and bring all these egos together? The main goal for Manchester United is for them to play well - and not have a player saying, 'I play well; I scored two goals'. Because if I score two goals, but three goals go into our net, then we lose.

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I always use the basic quality of people to achieve what I want to achieve. That's a different way of thinking. I always love that they do things. And when it goes wrong, well, try to correct it in one way or another.

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Football should never be a worry. It should be exciting. When a child plays football outside, he doesn't need to worry. Professionals should be the same.

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When I don't have control of the ball, what do I do? I press to get it back. It's a way of defending.

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The romance of English football is fantastic, but it has lost its identity under the influence of other cultures.

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If you look at other countries, you see they have different values: defend more, pass the ball out more, winning is holy. In England, you could say that sport itself is holy. They say, 'Look, guys, it's about more than just winning.'

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For years, we have had many coaches in football, but there are no teachers anymore. And you see that in the play itself.

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I wanted to get my coaching badges after retiring, and I asked to take the exam, but they told me I needed to study for four years. I told them they were crazy. Who is going to study for four years? How is someone going to teach me technical things when I know more than they do?

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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.

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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Athlete

Born: April 25th, 1947

Died: March 24th, 2016

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