Ruud Gullit Quotes

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Ruud Gullit

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 1, 1962

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.

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You only stop learning when you quit.

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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.

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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.

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I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

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If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.

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You can't live in history. You've got to build for the future.

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People have expectations of me but I'm not a magician.

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You have to be open to everything.

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I am very fit and by playing sweeper I can control the speed of the game.

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To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.

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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.

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Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.

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If you look at my career, I've never gone to a team that had fulfilled their potential.

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I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

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We Dutch, we like to have an opinion, a strong opinion. We think we know everything better.

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If there is a problem, and you don't say anything about it, it's like a cancer and it becomes bigger.

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Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

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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.

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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.

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