Quotes about Johan Cruyff from the world of football
“Johan Cruyff painted the chapel, and Barcelona coaches since merely restore or improve it” – Pep Guardiola.
“He has had the biggest influence on football out of anyone in the world, first as a player and then as a coach” – Pep Guardiola.
"He was certainly the best footballer Europe has produced" - Franz Beckenbauer.
“He is like the Godfather of Dutch football” – Frank Rijkaard.
“Pythagoras in boots. Few have been able to exert, both physically and mentally, such mesmeric control on a match from one penalty area to another” – David Winner, author of the book Brilliant Orange.
“He was at the heart of a revolution with his football. Ajax changed football and he was the leader of it all. If he wanted he could be the best player in any position on the pitch” – Eric Cantona.
“The proudest moment of my career. I thought I’d win the ball for sure, but he tricked me. I was not humiliated. I had no chance. Cruyff was a genius” – Jan Olsson, the Sweden defender fooled by the Cruyff Turn at World Cup 1974.
