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Ruud Gullit
21 quotes
“Players shouldn't just keep quiet and play on like in my day.”
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“If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.”
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“I would like to think we can trust referees to take everyone off but, if the officials are not supporting the players correctly, then the individual should act. The message this would send out: 'we will not tolerate this abuse'.”
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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 used to ignore the abuse and felt powerless to change attitudes. My only weapon was my performances on the pitch.”
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“We are beyond that now though. We just have to hope that racism doesn't haunt this tournament but that, if it does, the response is strong. The players need the support of Uefa and the football authorities need the support of the police.”
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Recorded in: Ruud Gullit says racially-abused players should walk off the pitch, June 09 2012
“The moment has come where people have had enough, it has to change.”
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“The people are getting really angry, and they have the right to be angry. But we don't want the looting or fighting, people have to stand up together.”
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“We are all human, we have to think like that. There has to be universal love for all people, that is the only thing that needs to be changed in people's mentality.”
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“A lot of white people don't understand what it is like to be treated differently because they have never been in touch with it. For a lot of people, it is difficult to understand, but it is also necessary for people to understand.”
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“The black community aren't taking it anymore, and they are right not to take it anymore. Of course you don't want violence, but things haven't changed and something drastic has to happen, almost like a revolution.”
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Recorded in: Ruud Gullit calls for football to lead revolution on racism, June 10 2020
“In Holland we still think we know everything, We pride ourselves on how good we were with Cruyff in 1974. The same as 1988 [when Gullit led Holland to victory in the European Championship]. But that’s a long time ago. So maybe we don’t know everything. Maybe we need something more.”
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“I found out more about these problems at the top level, Bert van Oostveen, the chairman, has also resigned. So I said if you still need me once you have resolved all these problems, then come back to me. But not like this. This was a very good decision – by my standards – because my heart says yes but my brain said: ‘Not now, Ruud.’”
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“If you always shout from up high that things are not going well and have an opportunity to do something, you take it. So I said: ‘Yes, I want to do it.’ But I asked one question: ‘I’m now assistant coach – what will happen if Blind goes like Hiddink went?’ They said: ‘Then you take this position.’ I said: ‘Not under this contract, I hope.’ They said: ‘No, of course not. We would talk about a new contract.’ I said: ‘Good. Can you put that in this contract?’ [Van Breukelen] said: ‘No. You have to trust me.’ I asked him: ‘If you get fired what happens? Do I have to trust the next guy?’”
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“Two days later Marco van Basten [another assistant coach and Gullit’s former team-mate at Milan] calls me. He says: ‘Ruudy, you need to know I am on the brink of leaving to go work with Fifa.’ The man who was negotiating with me was already negotiating with Marco. But he said nothing to me. And he wants me to trust him? I was so pissed off. I said [to van Breukelen]: ‘Come on! You should have told me.’ Why should I do it? For €75,000 [a year]?”
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“A year?” I ask, when such sums are paid often on a weekly basis in football.”
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“Really – a year! I said: ‘You can keep it.’ I made a very wise decision. But I was so disappointed.”
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“No! They played last month in Rostov [in a Champions League qualifier which they lost 4-1] and were wiped off the pitch by strength and speed. This is why I wrote the book – to try to be more open-minded. Ajax say we must play football with the philosophy of Cruyff. I said to myself: ‘Is that so?’ When Johan became coach at Ajax who did he buy? Ronald Spelbos – a fucking robust defender who would kick you and just give the ball from A to B. Same with Jan Wouters. Ask Paul Gascoigne if he knows Jan Wouters.”
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“Of course, That’s the kind of player Johan needed in midfield at Ajax. Those were his first key signings – with Danny Blind, a defender who could also play. I said to the Ajax people: ‘Where is your philosophy of Johan Cruyff now? Why are you not having the kind of players he identified?”
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“I was more curious than anything, He was 36 when he came to Feyenoord. There were moments when I thought: ‘OK, now I’m going to get the ball off him’ – but I couldn’t. I was thinking: ‘Thirty-six? Imagine how good he must have been at 24?’ While we were playing he was indicating to the players where to stand, where to move, guiding them.”
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“At the end of the year he told me: ‘Ruud, the next club you go to, be prepared for the fact that people won’t like you any more. Also, you need to make others around you play better.’ I was thinking: ‘Okaaaayyy … I still have to give attention to my own career. How can I help others?’ But when I went to PSV and then Milan the puzzle suddenly fitted together. I remembered everything Johan had said.”
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