“She thaught me how to be bitchy. This might sound a bit negative but it’s really not. Because of her I know how to be a strong woman and to stand up for myself. She showed me that the sky is the limit and that you’re never too old to learn. She went from being a nurse to being a sport/weight consultant and she is still studying. Because of my mum I dare to say no.”

“I simply love to blow bubbles in the park. That ’s why I have them with me all the time.
When I get caught in the act, I tell them that this thing belongs to my son.”

“What do you like most about him.”
“He has a good sense of humor.”
“Tell me something funny he has said?”
“I never said he was funny.”

“Eight months ago we met in this horrible club called ‘The purple turtle’. She seemed to be the only interesting person around. We talked for hours about all kinds of subjects such as art, philosophy and the Latin language. One week later we spontaneously took off for Paris and one month after that she moved in with me on my boathouse. We have been inseparable ever since. A few months ago I came up with the idea to propose to her. We go to the same university so I thought it would be cool to propose to her through our university magazine. I wrote an entire article and send it to the editorial office. Unfortunately they refused to take it serious. After that I tried to propose to her several times but every time something went wrong. It took me a few weeks and 5 proposals before she got the message. Lucky for me everything worked out and now we are on our honeymoon. We are only 19 and 20 years old but I think the fact that we are both a bit crazy makes us work.”

Seen at Albert Cuyp market.

“What do you think is the most important value of street soccer?”
“Street soccer is a sport which is only played on the street mostly by teenage boys. Sometimes they are from less stable families. Not only does the sport keeps them busy it also teaches them a lot of life lessons.”
“Could you give me an example of one of those life lessons?”
“The most important lesson is that sometimes losing is even more important than winning. Winning is fun and maybe good for your confidence but losing a match makes you deal with a lot of emotions such as humiliation, anger and sadness. It motivates you to be stronger and fight back within the boundaries of the game. That is what makes you a stronger player as well in the game as in real life.”