Frank Rijkaard

As a player, you are more concerned with the moments when you have possession of the ball or are about to receive the ball. You are watching your team-mates and trying to decide what the possibilities are.

Success is built on organisation, determination, and experience, not to mention following the regulations, so of course it's no easy matter.

It is very tough to beat an English team. The type of football they play is only in the Premier League. They defend as though their lives depend on it. And they are very successful.

I understand very well that if you are a national coach, you want to use all the opportunities that you have to meet up with your team.

Without a doubt, it is easier to produce a defensive soccer team, because it does not need you to have talent for it but simply to be well organised.

All the big clubs set their goals. We have to do that because it is necessary to explain to the fans. But this does not mean I am thinking only of the final results. The work you are doing every day with the team is often more important.

I made Edgar Davids vice-captain. Nothing to do with colour, just because he was playing excellently and because he lives like an athlete.

I have no desire to be 60 years old and standing on the side of the pitch.

When a parent has two children, it is difficult to pick one favourite.

It's my belief that Barcelona are successful because they have a number of youth teams alongside the first team. They are where it begins.

I'm not a guy who believes in revenge.

Dennis is something special. We are talking a lot about exciting football, and Dennis Bergkamp, I think, started with attractive football a long time ago. He was one of these players. A lot of the things he did as a football player you can compare to art.