Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.

Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.

The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.

If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic.