Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many turn grey or have heart attacks.
- Ruud Gullit
Football, Manager, Being, Hassle
Often there is a wall between the journalist and the star because there is usually not much time to get to know a person, and the star is always asked the same questions, and may be defensive.
- Ruud Gullit
Star, Always, May, Defensive
People have expectations of me but I'm not a magician.
- Ruud Gullit
Expectations, Me, People, Magician
You know, if you play on home soil sometimes funny things can happen and you have that push of the crowd.
- Ruud Gullit
Play, Crowd, Happen, Push
Every week you have to play well to be the champion.
- Ruud Gullit
Play, Week, Well, Champion
Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.
- Ruud Gullit
Sometimes, How, Appear, Coaching
To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.
- Ruud Gullit
Play, You, Holland, Dutch
We Dutch, we like to have an opinion, a strong opinion. We think we know everything better.
- Ruud Gullit
Strong, Think, Better, Dutch
If there is a problem, and you don't say anything about it, it's like a cancer and it becomes bigger.
- Ruud Gullit
Problem, Bigger, Like, Cancer
In L.A., nobody is talking about football. No television stations. You see it nowhere.
- Ruud Gullit
Television, See, Nowhere, Stations
Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.
- Ruud Gullit
Football, Athletes, Players, Quicker
I'd like to meet god. Not to question it, just to have a peak at what it is. I say 'it' because we don't know what it is.
- Ruud Gullit
Question, Meet, Like, Peak
If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.
- Ruud Gullit
Leave, Field, Should, Insulted
I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.
- Ruud Gullit
Career, Think, Could, I Am Happy
When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.
- Ruud Gullit
Abuse, Players, Backed, Authorities
You only stop learning when you quit.
- Ruud Gullit
Learning, Stop, Only, Quit
When I was young I was one of the second generation of black people in Holland. My father was the first. My mother was white, and living with a black man at that time and having a how-you-say half-caste boy is not easy.
- Ruud Gullit
Generation, Living, Having, Holland
I know what it's like to win things. You need a certain type of player with a determination to win. You see it in the eyes.
- Ruud Gullit
Need, Like, Type, Determination
I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.
- Ruud Gullit
Like, Players, Least, Stubborn
If you look at my career, I've never gone to a team that had fulfilled their potential.
- Ruud Gullit
Team, Career, Had, Fulfilled
I am very fit and by playing sweeper I can control the speed of the game.
- Ruud Gullit
Game, Fit, Very, Speed
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