“Sometimes you have an exceptional international team, such as Spain in...” — Marco van Basten Quote

Sometimes you have an exceptional international team, such as Spain in 2010, but club football is better.

Premier League clubs have a lot of money, that's why they're strong and have a lot of good players.

I want a healthy atmosphere around my team, not problems.

Barca play a really clever type of football, close together with everyone at a high level technically.

I saw Cruyff at 36 and the way he played was interesting because he was so quick to understand situations. Football can still be very nice at that age because even though you are not as strong or as quick, you can still see things that others see two seconds later.

When you meet people who are exceptional, you know it. I feel it straight away.

Imran Khan is an exceptional father.

I find it difficult to imagine Juventus and Italy without Buffon. He is an incredible personality and has had an exceptional career.

Caris LeVert is an exceptional human being, just one of the most high-character people I've met in this league in 38 years or however long it's been.

I like taking up exceptional characters.