Rinus Michels

Michels in 1984

Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels (9 February 1928 – 3 March 2005) was a Dutch footballer and manager. He played the entirety of his career for AFC Ajax and played for the Netherlands national team, both of which he later managed.

Quotes

• Professional football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.
  • Often misquoted in the form "Football is war". "NRC Handelsblad". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved on 1 December 2007. 

• Unfortunately, I didn't have a tail, otherwise I would have waggled it.
  • Reaction to winning the award as the best Dutch coach of the 50th anniversary (2004) Oude profs genieten volop in Amsterdam (video). Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved on 2018-02-22.

Quotes about Rinus Michels

• Both as a player and as a trainer there is nobody who taught me as much as him. I will miss Rinus Michels. ... I always greatly admired his leadership.
  • Johan Cruyff, Paul Gallagher (4 March 2005). "Father of Dutch soccer dies". The Age (Australia). Retrieved on 30 January 2007.