Netherlands Quotes

I'm not going back to Amsterdam, though it would be very comfortable there with Frank de Boer, Danny Blind, and Dennis Bergkamp. When I left 12 years ago, I said I would return, but I did not know then what great years I would have with Manchester United. I might occasionally visit training with them, but I will not be going regularly.
I've been the captain at Ajax and once for the national team - it's nice and makes you an important player.
I've never had the experience of 10 years at Unilever and five years at Coca Cola. But I'm not the marketing director who only wants 25 per cent a year on the revenues. In the old days, you sold something, and you would be happy. At Ajax, we thought we needed more from that than selling a seat and making five grand.
If I see something right, I say so.
If you are in the Premier League or at Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern Munich, you are at an end station.
If you go to Juventus, you want to go for longer than two years, and you want to win titles.
If you have a love for sport, everybody knows the success of Madrid in the '60s, Ajax in the '70s, Bayern Munich, and so on.
If you win, everyone asks what's your secret, when most of the time you did exactly the same in the ones you lost.
It doesn't matter whether it is your first game or your last game: you want to win.
It is almost impossible to orchestrate the farewell you desire. That is something only a few people manage to do.
It's always best if you can leave with a good memory.
It's always difficult if you're coming into a new club and new league, especially the English one. It's a very demanding one, can be a very tough one.
It's always hard the moment you decide to stop playing. It doesn't matter if you're at a small club or a big club: it's the end of your playing career, so that's always going to be a big moment for any player.
It's great to have people talking about the club again, to reinvent and get to know Ajax again.
It's hard for the older boys to play twice a week, so it's important for everyone in the squad to play their part.
It's hard to put your faith in youngsters, but Ajax have always done that.
Jean Tigana wants to go to the top with Fulham, and I like that ambition.
Matthijs is very mature for his age: he has the physique of a 24-year-old. He is also strong with both feet, has an extremely good range of passing, can head the ball, scores goals, and is a real leader at the back already at the age of 18.
My career record was 5-2 in penalty shootouts.
Nothing can replicate the thrill of making a great save at an away ground, or hearing your own fans cheering you, or the atmosphere when you score a goal or win a big game.
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