Marco van Basten
I worked hard at it, because I find being a coach a great and interesting job.
After two good and interesting years I decided to put an end to my duty at FIFA, mainly to be able to spend more time with my family in Amsterdam.
I hope to be able to give my contribution to ensure that football remains the number one sport in the world.
Football is spectacular and it has to stay spectacular in every sense.
We all love this sport. That's why I will work hard to develop football technically in the way that our sport will give to the fans and the players always emotions and joy.
Shootouts are spectacular for the viewers and they are interesting for the players.
The spectators want to see action, goals, tackles.
There's a big difference between being a footballer and being a coach.
Football should be a pleasure.
When you accept the captaincy, you accept the responsibilities that come with it.
I want a healthy atmosphere around my team, not problems.
Premier League clubs have a lot of money, that's why they're strong and have a lot of good players.
Barca play a really clever type of football, close together with everyone at a high level technically.
We have to be careful with time-wasting, the behaviour of the players. There are a lot now who are complaining during the game. We have to think about only the captain able to talk to the referee, not everybody, because we're losing a lot of time.
There's a lot of emotion in the game but we have to control it. The people want to see action.
I'd like to help the professional game to get it more exciting, more spectacular, more honest also.
From the bottom of my heart I can honestly say that it is always nice to see Milan play.
Football should be tense, fair and attractive.
Modern football is like handball. You see 11 players defending on the edge of their own area.
Football has changed just like life in general has changed.
The video ref should focus on the key things, situations ahead of goals, penalties and red cards.
I think it's strange to change the turf three days before a match.
If your ankle is damaged and you get another heavy tackle on it the pain is always with you.
A top-class striker normally plays up on his toes, so he can sprint or go for every ball that falls in his direction.
Xavi is a super player, but along with that, he likes being with his family.
I'd like to coach Balotelli.
I'm sad when I see San Siro with empty stands.
The truth is that if you don't buy, improving the squad becomes difficult.
I tend not to pay too much attention to the person marking me.
Johann was one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He could do everything. I'm not at that level. I'm more of a classic attacker, a penalty-area player. And after a while, I realized that this was how I could best help my team.
The defenders, they get all psyched up to play against me. I know it means a lot to them if they can keep me from scoring.
I try my best to do what's best for the team.
In sport it's all about winning, not how you win.
The 'play fair!' iniative is a plan for football. This strategy aims to promote fairness and integrity, ensure the game is accessible to everyone and optimise the use of technology.
Arsenal are a really big club.
Chelsea have become a big club and have massive financial resources.
In England there's a lot of money to create a great team like Barcelona.
English football is very strong physically, but Spanish football is more technical.
Louis van Gaal is a big manager, very experienced.
Manchester United is of course a big club.
When you feel good and the ball comes just a bit behind you, then you have the option to hold it and lay it back, but you can also do a bicycle kick - that was one of my qualities.
I feel very honoured that I've been chosen as the best player for 1992 by national coaches with so much football knowhow.
When I was growing up, we didn't qualify for the 1982 and 1986 World Cup and the 1984 Euros. And then suddenly we won in 1988. It goes up and down. We are a small country.
We have to ensure that the product called football is always getting better.
We play to win.
Two days before the World Cup, it's a good time to be back to your best.
Scoring can be simply a matter of confidence. Sometimes it happens easily.
The friendlies are an opportunity to look at different players and tactics.
They abolished the off-side rule in field hockey and there were no problems.