Johan Cruyff's most famous sayings
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Italians can't beat you, but you can lose to them. · Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake. · If it isn't going well, then it isn't going well.. (Updated Apr 14, 2025.)
From "Italians can't beat you, but you can lose to them" to "Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake": the Johan Cruyff one-liners all of the Netherlands knows, with where and when he said them.
Automatically translated (original in Nederlands). See the original
Top 10
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1
Italians can't beat you, but you can lose to them.
Before the 1995 Champions League final, Ajax v AC Milan.
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2
Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
Quoted in "The language of Johan Cruyff", Onze Taal, 1996.
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3
If it isn't going well, then it isn't going well.
Interview, quoted in Onze Taal, 1996.
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4
Utopias that never happen.
1995 interview, quoted in Onze Taal, 1996.
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5
Can you imagine a Spanish league without Real Madrid? Well, that already means the problem is solved.
To Frank Snoeks on Real Madrid's possible bankruptcy, summer 1995.
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6
I'm not the type who runs after things.
Quoted in Onze Taal, 1996.
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Just listen, learn to listen for once.
TV interview with Barend and Van Dorp, December 1993.
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8
Then you get into story two.
Quoted in Onze Taal, 1996.
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9
For me, passing back to the goalkeeper is not possession.
Column in De Telegraaf, 22 October 2012.
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10
It's the same in every sport. The most important thing is speed of action.
On meeting Max Verstappen, NRC, March 2016.
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