QUOTES by Edwin van der Sar
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I think every player gives a bit extra when he sees that his manager is fighting, too.
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When I see the kind of passion Sir Alex shows, it is hard to believe he is about to celebrate his 71st birthday.
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When you see Sir Alex arguing with referees and linesmen, he is showing passion that has taken him to the very highest level of the game.
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I always said I wanted to finish my career back at Ajax, but I didn't think I was going to play for so long at such a high level, so that's not going to happen now.
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Craven Cottage is a great stadium, really traditional, going through the rows of houses until a stadium suddenly appears.
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You know you're in for a tough time if you're trailing and the other teams are doing well.
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I accept that I didn't play very well in Italy for the two years. It was lower than my Ajax standard. I don't know why.
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I remember, when I was 24, I said 34 was going to be the limit I will play to. But as everyone says, the older you get, the longer you want to go on because it gives you so much satisfaction.
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If you go to Juventus, you want to go for longer than two years, and you want to win titles.
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Every time I hear that Champions League song, it reminds me of hearing it for the first time in the old Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
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I was in two successive European finals early in my career, so initially, you think that sort of thing is going to happen regularly. Then suddenly, it dries up, and before you know it, 13 years have passed before you get your next chance.
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I don't think there was a single United player from 2009 who could say he gave it everything and played well.
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We accept that, in one way now, if you are 27, 28 and still playing for Ajax, you are probably not good enough for the top of Europe because players want to go to the top in Europe.
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I've never had the experience of 10 years at Unilever and five years at Coca Cola. But I'm not the marketing director who only wants 25 per cent a year on the revenues. In the old days, you sold something, and you would be happy. At Ajax, we thought we needed more from that than selling a seat and making five grand.
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You want to build your own team for the highest level, and that happens more with teams that stay together.
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Diehards know what Ajax is about, but you always need a new following, and if you are not successful, it is difficult.
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At certain times, you start to - maybe not lose the faith - but just wonder how long it will take until someone picks me up. I was thinking, 'Is it just me? Do I think I'm better than any manager does?'
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You try and learn from clubs where you have been or actions clubs are taking to grow in certain markets, and that, for myself, is also important.
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I get great respect from the United fans and the directors and the people who are there still when you go there. It is a very warm club, very comparable to Ajax, only they have grown internationally amazingly.
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It's great to have people talking about the club again, to reinvent and get to know Ajax again.
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Ajax has always been about homegrown players developed in a small country.
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You have to get your motivation from within, and it doesn't matter if you lose in the quarters, the semis, or the final. You must want to have another chance of winning the trophy.
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If you have a love for sport, everybody knows the success of Madrid in the '60s, Ajax in the '70s, Bayern Munich, and so on.
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Personally, I don't think about the things I have won but the things I have lost.
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A lot of the guys who played in the 1995 final for Ajax had been there since the age of 12 or 13. Patrick Kluivert and Edgar Davids had been there from age seven or eight, so I had a lot of catching up to do.
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I share a special bond with Ajax. I think we are a special club. And we're known for our philosophy around the world.
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We need a solution for European football. You need to help smaller clubs in European competitions get the right distribution of money so they can invest in coaches and attract talent for the level they can play at.
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At Ajax, we have a certain philosophy that is sometimes more important than winning - the development of players.
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The Dutch league is not one of the strongest five leagues in the world, or even Europe, and that's why it is difficult to maintain.
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If you are in the Premier League or at Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern Munich, you are at an end station.
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You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.
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As a goalkeeper, I needed good players around me. I needed Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney. It's the same as a CEO.
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If you win, everyone asks what's your secret, when most of the time you did exactly the same in the ones you lost.
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Running a marathon is unlike anything I have done. You can recall all those bad weights sessions or the work you had to do in pre-season, but marathon running is worse than any of it, probably the hardest thing I have had to do in my entire life.
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I've been the captain at Ajax and once for the national team - it's nice and makes you an important player.
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Every flaw you have or lapse of concentration can cost you a goal, so you have to be on your toes every minute of the game.
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