Good teams have good rotation.

You can learn a lot from setbacks.

Static strikers do not exist anymore.

Every game brings important insights.

I strongly favour attractive football.

When you lose a game, you are annoyed.

Without planning there will be no success.

We don't play to grind out goalless draws.

I can see exactly why Liverpool want Klopp.

As a coach, of course I favour competition.

Klopp would be a great addition to any team.

Penalty shoot-outs depend on so many things.

Sometimes I just have to follow my intuition.

Sometimes you learn the most from your defeats.

Pep Guardiola was very good for the Bundesliga.

The end of a tournament is a good time to pause.

For us to reach the Euro 2008 final was a success.

I consider 100 wins to be better than 100 defeats.

You need superhuman performances at the World Cup.

Good physical conditioning is essential for success.

Real Madrid are an interesting club for any manager.

Neuer is of course the best goalkeeper in the world.

You need to receive the ball and be assertive with it.

Ozil is a great distributor and does a lot of running.

If you want to change something, you have to use new ways.

I would not deny that to work as a club coach could be fun.

It's a long time since men's cosmetics were considered uncool.

Intelligent players are receptive and capable of implementation.

Gotze is a miracle boy, a boy wonder. He can play any position up front.

For us, for me as national coach, the Nations League is a good invention.

Sometimes, as a coach, you have to somehow accept personal disappointments.

I had the idea to bring an experimental squad to the Confederations Cup in 2014.

German virtues are now about technically good players playing attacking football.

There has never been even a hint of an expression of racism in the national team.

The joy of the Brazilians in football is a wonderful thing no matter where you go.

Those who know me are aware that I stand by my mistakes or non-working strategies.

When someone has 100 international games more or less in a row then that's top class.

Every player has his own strengths and weaknesses and has to be integrated into a team.

You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a friendly but not in a tournament.

Italy is one of the great footballing nations, with whom we have a great sporting rivalry.

At the top level you know most things about the best clubs, there aren't too many surprises.

One win more, one defeat more. There are other important things: family, friendship, values.

You will often see a young player have something of a hangover following a major tournament.

I don't think it's such a bad thing to have internal debate between coach and leading players.

There are things you can learn about certain players while watching them in action in a friendly.

The high demands on teams in national leagues and of course the Champions League - it's too much.

I don't agree with people saying that I am immune to advice or cannot admit when I make a mistake.

If a player is 20 or 21 and sits on the bench for two or three years, I don't know if that's useful.

The English clubs Arsenal and Manchester United focus on continuity with the same coaches for years.

To play at the highest level requires tremendous effort, concentration and above all, never giving up.

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