“Winning is an important thing, but to have your own style, to have people copy you, to admire you, that is the greatest gift.”

—  Johan Cruyff

reported in Jonathan Wilson (Eurosport, 24 March 2016), Johan Cruyff's legacy? The whole of modern football http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/johan-cruyff-s-legacy-the-whole-of-modern-football_sto5368491/story.shtml.

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