Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Rinus Michels

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch footballer Rinus Michels.

Last updated on December 19, 2024.

Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels OON was a Dutch football player and coach. He played his entire career for AFC Ajax, which he later managed, and played for and later managed the Netherlands national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all-time.

Dutch - Footballer | February 9, 1928 - March 3, 2005

Source: Wikipedia

The accent in the counter attack style of play lays on the defensive team function, with the emphasis being on the defender's own half of the field and letting the opponents keep the initiative of the game. This is to take advantage of the space behind their defense for the buildup and the attack.

Rinus Michels

My position is this – street soccer is the most natural educational system that can be found

Rinus Michels

Football is business and business is business.

Rinus Michels

Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

Rinus Michels

It is an art in itself to compose a starting team, finding the balance between creative players and those with destructive powers, and between defence, construction and attack – never forgetting the quality of the opposition and the specific pressures of each match.

Rinus Michels

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Rinus Michels

Related Authors