Frank de Boer Quotes

Frank de Boer

Profession : Manager

Birth : May 15, 1970

Talent is important, but it's more important that you have character. Combined with talent, you can be a very good player.

Frank de Boer

This Dutch national team is a team of friends, guys who work for each other and are good for each other. I think it's nice to see.

Frank de Boer

The philosophy of the club, the structure of the club, the core values for me are very important issues.

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Messi will be the best in the world for many more years. Not just because of his goals - he also has made many assists over the last couple of years. A complete player.

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Your mind is still the fastest weapon. You can run and run but you must be smart.

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I played a lot of times at the beginning at Ajax as a left full back with a fantastic combination with Mark Overmars but I think as a central defender and a leader in the back it was my best role I think.

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It's always positive to have more of the ball than the opponent, but you have to do something with it.

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It's a little luck and a little how you are able to go physically and mentally for all 90 minutes. They say that is typical German soccer. Maybe now it is typically Dutch.

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If there are watching, for the World Cup final, 500 million people or something like that, and 100 million for a women's final, that's a difference. So it's not the same.

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The age between seven and 14 is so important. The basic techniques are in that, and afterwards it's mentality. Tactically, between seven and 14 or six and 14, they have to have good coaches and understand the basic things of football: control the ball, know where the ball is, those kinds of things.

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Every league starts with homegrown players.

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This is typical Mourinho. Rashford is the biggest talent you have in England. He needs games. He should be playing every week. Instead, he buys Lukaku, he buys Sanchez.

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I always think that from 17 until 22, you have to play every week, 30, 40 games in a year.

Frank de Boer

You have three groups. One who is happy. Then players who are doubtful, but still feel they have a chance. And then, you have the losers at that moment, who will go to the second group and try to influence them. They are poison for your team. At Inter, and also at Crystal Palace, you've got to get rid of those players.

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I'm always thinking of the good in every player, but it's not like that. If they can stab you in the back, they stab you in the back.

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Normally, Celtic dominate in their own league but it's difficult to get good results in Europe.

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I will always support not only women who do soccer, but do youth sports.

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Hopefully we will see a lot of women doing sport and especially soccer, because I love soccer.

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When I was approached to become national coach in 2020, I thought it was an honor and a challenge, but I was also aware of the pressure that would come upon me from the moment I was appointed.

Frank de Boer

You see a lot of times that when a player comes through to the first team and gets the big contract, they do not take the second step because they think they have made it. The truth is that this is when it really starts.

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