To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team - spirit. That's the right attitude; that will bring you pleasure and fulfillment in football. A baker cannot live on bread he made yesterday, and a footballer cannot live on his last game. It's about the here and now.

I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.

The player can only compete with the best internationally when they've committed themselves to this goal. They have to be properly supported until that point.

You have to work more than your adversary.

We Germans are so good at penalties because we have had to rebuild our country twice.

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

The young generation has a different curiosity that is more visual.