Rich clubs, where money doesn't matter... such clubs don't interest me.

If you want to win the Champions League, you have to have talent, good players, luck in the draw, and, in certain moments, the right referee.

My work gave me everything and allowed me to live out my passion.

If you win the Champions League, you become known across the globe, but the World Cup has always thrown up new stars and developments.

Not having to constantly remind everyone what's required is an important part of being successful.

It is extremely important to play in a good atmosphere. Fans are part of that. Without them and without loud support, football is without emotions.

We need to be aware of what we need to do at every moment... and we have to manage the game; that's the art of a great team.

After 50 years as a player and a coach, I will not become a functionary. That's not my world.

I think that football has changed, it has become more complex. For example, it's faster, you have less free space, and you have to play from such small spaces.

To win the Champions League for a second time or even to have been in three finals and won two of them is a bit special.

I understand my own strengths.

The best players must play - it does not matter whether they are old or young.

Do you think that a Franck Ribery can always expect to play? No. When he is not on form, he will not play.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

When I left Dortmund, I said it's not important what people think when you come in but what they think when you leave.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

I am not a dreamer. I am a football romantic.

If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that's the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

It's not about changing people; it's sometimes about changing a situation. How can we build an even better situation for them?

I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that's by going step by step.

The Premier League is one of the most difficult in the world. There's five, six, or seven clubs that can be the champions. Only one can win, and all the others are disappointed and live in the middle of disaster.

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

In England, football is a big thing to talk about, but Liverpool, it's a special place. You feel it when you make your first step.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can't win, lose, win, lose.

Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.

I'm not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.

My experience is listen, see, feel - and then think about what you change.

I like learning more about people; I like to talk to people.

The best football is always about expression of emotion. Always.

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

I've thought sometimes about what I like about football, and it's playing together.

I'm not sure what you need first - the players believing or others believing in them - but in the end, both have to think it.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

It's absolutely normal that different human beings want to go different ways.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

I love pets, especially dogs.

The intensity of the football and how the people live football in Liverpool - it is not a usual.

I didn't take many penalties, but I never missed one.

I don't feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

I don't think I'm an unlucky person.

I get a little bit emotional during a game!

Just like every person who works for Dortmund is a fan of the club, it was the same at Mainz. When I was a player there, we had 800 supporters on rainy Saturday afternoons, and if we died, no one would notice or come to our funeral. But we loved the club, and we have this same feeling at Dortmund.

I am a very emotional guy. What I love, I do with all I have.

If you are full of motivation as a player, if you are full of concentration, I am open arms.

I'm not a genius. I need other people to get the perfect information. When we have this, we will decide to sign or sell a player.

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.

We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.