Top 55 Clarence Seedorf Quotes

When the results start to come your way, the confidence rises, and we start to play better.

To make a difference within the football environment means to make a difference in the world.

I have been fortunate to work with many great coaches and also in different countries, and I have taken a bit from all of them – Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian football.

If a guy has five good games and then starts to go out, drink, sleep late, live the wrong kind of lifestyle, then his performances will always suffer.

Of course African teams are underachieving when you think of what their potential is.

I played over 130 matches, including four finals, so there have been many great moments.

I think I’m outspoken, but I think people respect me for that.

I have the quality and the experience and can give that little bit extra to the squad.

Football is part of my life, but it is not all of my life.

My last game, scoring a goal, was incredible.

If I could have played on another five years, I would have stayed here because Botafogo have a young, competitive team. We’ve improved not only technically but also as a team. Even after me, Botafogo will remain great.

I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn’t? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.

Players must understand that if they go after more lucrative contracts, then they forfeit their chances of playing in the national team.

The secret in life is to make every obstacle into an opportunity.

Luck is a factor that a lot of people underestimate.

Once you stop wanting to improve, you start to slide. And if you want to keep winning, if you want to stay at the top, that’s not something you can afford to do.

The most important thing for me is to value the players and try to improve them individually in order to improve the team.

When we’re playing, I really shape my body to receive the ball – even before it gets to me.

There is no racism in Italy.

If a club has the cups it has, you have to think that Real Madrid is always capable of reaching the final and winning it.

I think about Milan from morning to night, and there is certainly no lack of effort and desire on my part.

Madrid is a club with very high demands.

When I am in Holland, I feel negative feelings. That must change.

I’m on a mission partly to make a difference in the world for the better, starting with the kids. They are the future.

All the games we play are worth the same because we can aim to get points in the league. Milan wants to fight until the end in the league and wants to compete with everyone until the last match day.

When I went to AC Milan, they were four points away from the relegation zone, and by the end of the season, we were just one goal away from being in the Europa League.

Humanitarian work is something I’ve felt from very young, and I’m going to do that for sure.

Having the opportunity to join the FOX family as a soccer analyst in their Moscow studio for what will be my third World Cup is amazing.

I think that you cannot have everything in life, and sometimes you just – destiny wants you to take another path.

My humbleness and the work I do each day speak for me.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.

There’s no guarantee of winning, even if you are the best players and the best team.

Real Madrid has a lot of high expectations, not only in terms of results but also with nice football and a lot of goals.

Let’s say that the teams I played in were all excellent. I played with many, many great players and incredible teams.

Who doesn’t want to work in the Premier League?

Players don’t trust most of the people around them.

I like to take on challenges.

People don’t come to the stadiums for every match because if there is a game every three days, it is difficult. You need to make games more exclusive and make them more special.

I was born a trequartista, and have adapted myself to playing in other roles.

Bolatelli is an exciting player, but his stupid attitude sometimes attracts attention from the crowd – nothing more, nothing less.

You can not always think about winning everything and forever.

Rijkaard was my idol, but we have different qualities, even if at the beginning we played in the same position.

I wish I could hug all the fans one by one.

Every time you win a cup, it’s special, but it’s a dream come true when it happens at a club where you started in the youth set-up, surrounded by friends who formed an incredible generation of players.

You have to want to improve all the time.

The DNA of AC Milan is something I have inside me.

Unfortunately, the life of a player is not forever.

Everyone dreams of winning a European Cup final, and I was lucky to do it at just 19.

When you have ambition, then it’s never enough to win.

Many times, my role was to work as a link between the coaches and the players; it was to be a leader. That was something natural for me.

As a player, I’ve always been interested in understanding the coaches’ minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

Football is not just what you do on the field.

I am a winner – and I like to win – but I cannot think that, if I lose, I did not do a good job, because there are other external factors involved.

Scoring goals comes and goes with time, but the most important thing is that we continue creating chances. The entire team must work, and we then have to score goals.

What I always say is that young people need older people to develop their game, grow as people, and understand what Real means.