Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Frank Rijkaard
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch athlete Frank Rijkaard.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
The goal is always to win.
You see a lot of managers who are working and yet are already talking about other countries and other teams. But that's not for me.
I think that every manager who starts work with a team has the best expectations and is giving all he's got to improve immediately.
He's an incredible person. Messi is not simply a uniquely talented footballer. He's also strong mentally, very bright, and exceptionally dedicated to his job. Personally speaking, I enjoy watching him play, and I'm deeply proud of him and what he has achieved. Quite simply, he's the best.
I try to stay in the moment.
My aim is to get the team to work hard and stay strong together.
When a parent has two children, it is difficult to pick one favourite.
It's not for nothing that they say it's easier to get to the top than to stay at the top.
Losing against rivals is always a blow to the morale.
One thing was crystal clear to me: if you're centre-back, you first of all have to perform your task.
I made Edgar Davids vice-captain. Nothing to do with colour, just because he was playing excellently and because he lives like an athlete.
Pavarotti is not judged on how he sings in the shower. People wait until he gets on stage.
If someone is quite tall, the people will sing songs about his height. We don't have to overreact. You just have to do your job.
I have a great deal of respect for Sir Alex Ferguson. He has done a great job. Without any doubt, he is one of the best and most influential around. He is the embodiment of football.
From the moment Messi was introduced, we all knew he was a unique talent. I remember Deco and Ronaldinho immediately realised how special he was, and they took him under their wing.
I'm grateful for everything I have achieved in football, but now I'd rather do other things, go and watch games and enjoy discussing them afterwards.
When it's a clash between two big teams, you know your players will concentrate.
Being a manager is kneading people.
There are coaches with habits you don't like, and you tell yourself, 'I don't want to be like that.' But there's no one way to success.
It is always a shame when players are injured.
After your career, you go to matches, and you see so many unnecessary goals because a person is just looking where the ball is and not his opponent. Well, a ball alone has never scored a goal.
In the end, every coach wants the same - that's to win.
No person is the same, and so you can't treat each player identically.
It's always the losers who are complaining about a result.
I have no desire to be 60 years old and standing on the side of the pitch.
There is a part of football I would describe as 'serious' and one part I would describe as more 'playful,' i.e. more technical.
It would not be honest if I did a review, because I've worked with Leo Messi, whom I consider the best player I've seen. I cannot comment or compare with Cristiano Ronaldo because I have not worked with him. That is not to say that I do not have as much respect for Cristiano as a footballer.
Every manager feels a responsibility to his board of directors and the public and the players.
Everyone has his own form, and I never had any problems with Mourinho.
Ronaldinho is very happy at Barcelona.
We win together, and we lose together.
He was always brilliant, but when Pep Guardiola started to use him as a 'false' No. 9, he got even better. It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.
How can you judge a man until you come face to face?
We can be confident about our qualities, but the qualities need something to come out.
You have to score one goal more than your opponents. That's the most important thing.
We have to remember, Mourinho worked at Barcelona. He has good memories of Barcelona. The club did well when he was here.
Manchester United is a world-famous club, and yet if you say, 'Manchester United,' then immediately you think of Sir Alex Ferguson. To have achieved so much and have so much importance at such a big club is extremely rare.
It's normal that if you are working with a lot of people, then you have a lot of different mentalities and characters. You have the serious guy, and you have the one who is always complaining and the one who is always talking. Everyone is different.
Most of the clubs who have had success against Barcelona have relied on a highly organised and disciplined defence.
If you want to come out of a sad moment, you have to work really hard.
The situation with Anders Frisk is clear: he was threatened by the supporters of Chelsea, and he retired because he was in fear. This is serious.
As a young centre-back at Ajax, I played with Wim Jansen, and of course you learn a huge amount. I made some mistakes, because we Dutchmen want to solve situations by playing football. So we look at the ball, try to judge where it will come.
I always had much respect for Rudi Voller.
I'm not a guy who believes in revenge.
A team like Barcelona always has targets, and that's quite normal.
I can work with a lot of different mentalities.
I understand very well that if you are a national coach, you want to use all the opportunities that you have to meet up with your team.
Mourinho is a great coach, and I respect the way he works.
When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.
Dennis is something special. We are talking a lot about exciting football, and Dennis Bergkamp, I think, started with attractive football a long time ago. He was one of these players. A lot of the things he did as a football player you can compare to art.
All the big clubs set their goals. We have to do that because it is necessary to explain to the fans. But this does not mean I am thinking only of the final results. The work you are doing every day with the team is often more important.
You always need to have the highest respect for your opponents. If you see them fighting, you know you have to give something extra.
Someone said that my coaching is a combination of Milan's defensive discipline and the Dutch propensity for attacking football, and I think that is a fair description.
Players are sometimes sad, sometimes happy during their sporting career.
I see a lot of fouls on Messi, and he's not the type to overreact.
Before we talk about stylish performance, we need to think about winning. That's the most important thing.
The national team means you have the nation behind it.
The differences between the top teams in Euro 2000 are so minimal that I think you have to be very clever in defence and stop your opponents getting opportunities.
As a player, you are more concerned with the moments when you have possession of the ball or are about to receive the ball. You are watching your team-mates and trying to decide what the possibilities are.
The evolution of football has seen a reduction in the space between the teams. It is therefore important for the modern footballer to react and be quicker than in the past, because there is more happening in the restricted space.
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