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Johan Cruyff

Prompt: Can you think of any characters that make your town, your state, or your country interesting? Can you talk about their personalities and what makes them stand out, in your opinion? Can you use them as characters in your stories? (BC)

An interesting character of The Netherlands, Johan Cruyff the internationally famous soccer player, died of lung cancer on March 24th at the age of 68 in Barcelona, Spain.

Apart from him being a gifted soccer player and eccentric coach he was famous for his Cruyffian quotes, his little-speak that is now incorporated into the Dutch language:

“Every disadvantage has its advantage.”
“Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.”
“You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.”
“Sometimes somethings got to happen before something is going to happen.”

If I need a character in my stories that changed the way we talk about sports and soccer then I would use Johan Cruyff as … Johan Cruyff..

There is Pele, there is Maradona, and there is Cruyff. The Lionel Messi of today. But you have to be a soccer fan to appreciate this.

When I traveled the world, the first thing people would say when they heard I was from The Netherlands? Ah…Johan Cruyff!
He was that famous throughout the world because of his genius and the way he changed Dutch and Spanish soccer forever.

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