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> [Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/playing-against-a-defensive-opponent-is-just-as-bad-as-making-love-to/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

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## More by Jorge Valdano

> [Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/playing-against-a-defensive-opponent-is-just-as-bad-as-making-love-to/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [Before he came to Spain, photographers lined up in the discotheques, but they are still there waiting for him. Ronaldo is an obsessive of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/before-he-came-to-spain-photographers-lined-up-in-the-discotheques/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [Poverty is good for nothing, except perhaps for football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/poverty-is-good-for-nothing-except-perhaps-for-football/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [You cannot play with Riquelme without playing for Riquelme.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/you-cannot-play-with-riquelme-without-playing-for-riquelme/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/the-bacillus-of-efficiency-has-also-attacked-football-and-some-dare/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [Iker Casillas is a legend, a myth, and myths do not give up just like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/iker-casillas-is-a-legend-a-myth-and-myths-do-not-give-up-just-like/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [Every time I set foot on the Bernabeu turf I got the jitters, a kind of anxiety that takes hold of you the moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/every-time-i-set-foot-on-the-bernabeu-turf-i-got-the-jitters-a-kind/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [I believe that we have the first genius of the 21st century, Leo Messi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/i-believe-that-we-have-the-first-genius-of-the-21st-century-leo-messi/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [I'm more afraid of success than failure. Success makes us so sure of ourselves that we do not analyze the factors that lead us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/i-m-more-afraid-of-success-than-failure-success-makes-us-so-sure-of/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

> [I want to carry Manuel Neuer to my home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-valdano/i-want-to-carry-manuel-neuer-to-my-home/)

[Jorge Valdano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-valdano/)

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