Winning is an important thing, but to have your own style, to have people copy you, that is the greatest gift.
In plain words
Winning is good. Having a style other people copy is better.
Where these words come from
- Lots of sources credit Johan Cruyff with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Quoted in Eurosport, 24 March 2016 (Wikiquote's sourced section). News-attributed direct quote; no primary letter/interview transcript found.
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