15 Jaap Stam Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jaap Stam

Dutch Businessman

Born: Jul 17, 1972

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Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone. Jaap Stam

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In Holland you go into amateur teams, come up through the ranks and are generally spotted for senior or professional football. At 16, I had made it into a men's amateur team, and was picked up professionally from there. Jaap Stam

All of Europe's biggest clubs place the Champions' League as their top priority these days but only one of us can lift the trophy. The domestic league titles are still crucial of course, but I think most players will tell you the Champions' League is the one they want to win most of all. Jaap Stam

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If I hadn't made it as a footballer I would have been an electrician. I studied to be an electrician even though I was progressing at football because you never know at that stage if you are going to be there for sure. Jaap Stam

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I think that's one of the most important thing for a player to have - to have goals for yourself, that you want to make steps, that you want to improve yourself, that you want to go the highest level. Jaap Stam

I want to reach something with a team and go to the highest level. Jaap Stam

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I don't regret writing my book at all. I wrote it for the United supporters to give them a proper insight into what it is like inside the club, and what it is like to be a Manchester United player. I think I did that in an honest way. Jaap Stam

In Serie A players have to stay in a hotel before a home game to ensure proper preparations without the distractions a wife and family can bring. It's a system which no doubt suits some players, but would not be my choice. Jaap Stam

It sounds strange, maybe, because I have played with a lot of big players but I never thought: ‘OK, they’re going to go into management.' Maybe there was only one, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, because he was always talking about football but I did not have a feeling with the other players. Jaap Stam

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Because at the end of the day, it's the most important thing that you do well, that you achieve goals that you want to achieve and where you want to go to as a club. Jaap Stam

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Look, when I was working on a project at school, I had the urge to do that well. And if I'm fixing something up at home or whatever, making something, I want to do that well too. If I'm hanging a lamp and it doesn't work, nobody can talk to me for an hour, almost. And with football I have that urge and that will to win. With all sports. Jaap Stam

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I just played football from an early age and didn't get involved in any other sports. We had tennis, cycling, ice skating - I'd like to have skated more, because it's so physical. Ten minutes on the ice and you really feel it in your back. Jaap Stam

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I have a reputation and name myself, everyone knows that. But I believe in myself as well. Jaap Stam

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