Marco van Basten

When you are a good player you want to play every week.

— Marco van Basten

There was a moment in 1996 I had to say: 'I have to try to get healthy.' We made a decision to…

— Marco van Basten

I think my gymnastic background helped a great deal with my agility when I took up football seriously.

— Marco van Basten

Maybe an orange card could be shown that sees a player go out of the game for 10 minutes for incidents that…

— Marco van Basten

If you can score a lot of goals in Italy, you can do it in the Champions League as well.

— Marco van Basten

Football should be tense, fair and attractive.

— Marco van Basten

I try my best to do what's best for the team.

— Marco van Basten

I have worked with Johan Cruyff, with Rinus Michels, with Arrigo Sacchi and with Fabio Capello.

— Marco van Basten

Arsenal are the most beautiful club in England. At Man City and Chelsea, they will never have that class and style.

— Marco van Basten

When I became the assistant, I was intelligent and helpful. I had patience. As the head coach I was completely the opposite.…

— Marco van Basten

Arsenal are a really big club.

— Marco van Basten

Messi is the best player in the world. If he wins a World Cup, he will be the best player ever.

— Marco van Basten

In England there's a lot of money to create a great team like Barcelona.

— Marco van Basten

I'm not a good manager.

— Marco van Basten

Scoring can be simply a matter of confidence. Sometimes it happens easily.

— Marco van Basten

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

Xavi is a super player, but along with that, he likes being with his family.

— Marco van Basten

When you accept the captaincy, you accept the responsibilities that come with it.

— Marco van Basten

It's not easy being the first man as a trainer.

— Marco van Basten

Manchester United is of course a big club.

— Marco van Basten

I had nice years at Ajax, wonderful years with Milan, and won something with the national team.

— Marco van Basten

Messi is unique. Inimitable and unrepeatable. Like him, one every fifty years. As a child, he fell into the pot of the…

— Marco van Basten

In sport it's all about winning, not how you win.

— Marco van Basten

I like that about the English people. They are sharp.

— Marco van Basten

Louis van Gaal is a big manager, very experienced.

— Marco van Basten