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Page 1 — “All the Sundays in the world have united with me”
Page 2 — “When Franz jumps out of the window, he falls upwards”
Franz Beckenbauer was 78 years old. Arguably the best German footballer of all time led a long life in front of cameras and microphones. No wonder that many, many bon mots remain from him. The best sentences from and about him
Sentences from Franz Beckenbauer:
“I always just said whatever came to mind.”
“The Swedes are not Dutch, you could see that very clearly.”
“In one year I played for 15 months.”
“Power in the plate, Knorr on the table!”
“Let’s go out and play football.”
“We shouldn’t throw everything into the grain.”
“The crime isn’t that big. The good Lord is happy about every child.” (After fathering a child at an FC Bayern Christmas party.)
“I once had a family tree made: The Beckenbauers’ roots are in Franconia. They were funny families, all illegitimate children. We stuck with it.”
“Someone has to do something in the country when everyone just complains about the lack of young talent.”
“Yes, well, the result won’t change much unless someone scores a goal.”
“There is only one possibility: win, draw or lose.”
“The only reason I’ve been playing football for 33 years is because I can’t do anything else. For example, when I read a Schopenhauer, I don’t understand it.”
“Socrates, Aristotle, Plato and these people thought about things 2,000 years ago, when we were still sitting in the trees and afraid of wild boars. Very few have developed further since then.”
“The reason was not the cause, but the trigger.”
“I’ll let him out the back.” (When asked how he deals with pressure as a coach.)
“I’m sorry for the rest of the world, but this team will be unbeatable for years to come.” (After the 1990 World Cup victory)
“There will still be a terrorist who will blow up the Olympic Stadium.” (About the unloved Munich Olympic Stadium)
“It was like Obergiesing versus Untergiesing.” (Beckenbauer about a Munich derby between FC Bayern and TSV 1860 Munich)
“You know who I felt sorry for the most? The ball.”
“Yes, is it Christmas already?”
“Success is a shy deer. The wind has to be right, the weather, the stars and the moon.”
“I haven’t seen a single slave in Qatar yet.”
“Do you know what I signed back then? Thousands of letters, thousands of declarations, thousands of agreements. I always simply signed everything, I even signed blankly.”
“Uli, I wish you, stay healthy. Health is the most important thing in life. Well, almost: those on the Titanic were all healthy – but they weren’t lucky.”
“Football is and remains a game, and that is often overlooked by most people.”
“Most things in my life just happened.”
“All the Sundays in the world have come together for me.”
Franz Beckenbauer was 78 years old. Arguably the best German footballer of all time led a long life in front of cameras and microphones. No wonder that many, many bon mots remain from him. The best sentences from and about him
“I always just said whatever came to mind.”
“The Swedes are not Dutch, you could see that very clearly.”
“In one year I played for 15 months.”
“Power in the plate, Knorr on the table!”
“Let’s go out and play football.”
“We shouldn’t throw everything into the grain.”
