Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Guus Hiddink

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch footballer Guus Hiddink.
Last updated on April 19, 2025.
Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands. Retired as player in 1982, Hiddink went into management, leading both clubs and countries from across the globe to achieve various titles and feats. With PSV Eindhoven he won the European Champions Cup, the predecessor of the UEFA Champions League.

The playmakers need to read the game and need to be on the same page as the defenders and the forwards.
I need players to start thinking for themselves.
You have to know, when there is a fire in the kitchen, when to flood that fire. — © Guus Hiddink
You have to know, when there is a fire in the kitchen, when to flood that fire.
There are journalists I share a whole history with, so I tend to be generous to these guys, but those days are over.
My agents are busy with the final details of the contract.
I am responsible for the team and a journalist should be responsible for his article.
Counter football is not something weak teams only can do by the way. It is sometimes said in a way as if counter football is inferior. It's not.
You can't have three defenders moving up and one going back. The decisions a team makes are important. As a whole.
I can never predict my future because a big part of my future is already behind me.
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