Jurgen Klinsmann Quotes

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• I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.
• I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.
• We cannot win this World Cup, because we are not at that level yet. For us, we have to play the game of our lives…
• If there's a national-team player, he has to do extra work. He has to do extra weeks, and he can't go on vacation even if…
• 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.
• Based on history the expectations are simply the highest, it kind of could become a burden for you or it could be something that you…
• We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis?…
• We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.
• I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.
• If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team.
• I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high.
• You have to work more than your adversary.
• The young generation has a different curiosity that is more visual.
• As far as knowledge goes I've come a long way.
• We Germans are so good at penalties because we have had to rebuild our country twice.
• I do swear a lot, but the advantage is that having played abroad, I can choose a different language from the referee's.
• We enjoy the expectations people have of us. The higher they are, the more pressure, the better we like it.
• Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease.
• Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that…
• And then '74 as I mentioned and then the 1990 world cup was our team was the team of the reunification you know, so we…

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