I'd like to help the professional game to get it more exciting, more spectacular, more honest also. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
English football is very strong physically, but Spanish football is more technical. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
I had nice years at Ajax, wonderful years with Milan, and won something with the national team. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Premier League clubs have a lot of money, that's why they're strong and have a lot of good players. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Whatever the situation, winning is always the most important thing. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Arsenal are the most beautiful club in England. At Man City and Chelsea, they will never have that class and style. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
If you have 48 countries in a World Cup, we have more countries who have the joy of participating. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
There is no doubt about it, Messi's clearly the best player in the world. He's a phenomenon who has already won everything,… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
They are not the same - Xavi is more the man of passing and Iniesta can dribble more - but they have… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
As a player, you play and you have much more influence. As a manager, you talk about the game all week with… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
In football you need opponents, competition because if you are alone with two or three clubs controlling everything you don't have any… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
We all love this sport. That's why I will work hard to develop football technically in the way that our sport will… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Lewandowski reminds me a bit of me. I was a bit of a mix of him and Ronaldo. I also understood playing… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, we didn't qualify for the 1982 and 1986 World Cup and the 1984 Euros. And then suddenly… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
After two good and interesting years I decided to put an end to my duty at FIFA, mainly to be able to… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
We have to be careful with time-wasting, the behaviour of the players. There are a lot now who are complaining during the… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Cruyff was one of the best, he was my hero and my example. He was a star at the same time as… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
All the pain I had, it was not worth it. My ankle created so many problems, it affected my day-to-day living. But… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
I think the person I learnt the most from as a coach was Cruyff because he was always talking about tactics -… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Xavi has won the Champions League three times, the European Championship twice and the World Cup. He's a real football player, a… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Johann was one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He could do everything. I'm not at that level.… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
My first dream as a young boy was to be a gymnast and my first memory of football is of watching Ajax… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
I saw Cruyff at 36 and the way he played was interesting because he was so quick to understand situations. Football can… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
We have to ensure that the product called football is always getting better. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Modern football is like handball. You see 11 players defending on the edge of their own area. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
The video ref should focus on the key things, situations ahead of goals, penalties and red cards. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
There was a moment in 1996 I had to say: 'I have to try to get healthy.' We made a decision to fuse my… — Marco van Basten Copy Share
I think my gymnastic background helped a great deal with my agility when I took up football seriously. — Marco van Basten Copy Share
Maybe an orange card could be shown that sees a player go out of the game for 10 minutes for incidents that are not… — Marco van Basten Copy Share
If you can score a lot of goals in Italy, you can do it in the Champions League as well. — Marco van Basten Copy Share
I have worked with Johan Cruyff, with Rinus Michels, with Arrigo Sacchi and with Fabio Capello. — Marco van Basten Copy Share
Arsenal are the most beautiful club in England. At Man City and Chelsea, they will never have that class and style. — Marco van Basten Copy Share
When I became the assistant, I was intelligent and helpful. I had patience. As the head coach I was completely the opposite. I made… — Marco van Basten Copy Share
Messi is the best player in the world. If he wins a World Cup, he will be the best player ever. — Marco van Basten Copy Share
In England there's a lot of money to create a great team like Barcelona. — Marco van Basten Copy Share
Scoring can be simply a matter of confidence. Sometimes it happens easily. — Marco van Basten Copy Share
