Berti Vogts Quotes

If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim.

Football is a game that fascinates people around the World like nothing else.

Without a healthy team spirit you won't get anywhere in football.

If you have team spirit you can even beat better teams. As far as team sport is concerned China might need a change in attitude in comparison to the one in table tennis.

You need players that stand for emotion in football. Football today is a game for television.

Success is not winning the World Cup. It may be a goal in your mind but success is having a team that is improving all the time.

China needs a table-tennis-like solidity in football.

First of all, it would be great for world football to have a competitive Chinese team as China traditionally has deep relation to sports in general.

Being successful means good results for the national team at first in the regional competitions like the Asian Cup and keeping in mind to go for Gold at a World Cup in the future.

China has great potentials; the people are hard-working and focused. But they have to close the gap as far as the pace of the game is concerned. Football in the future will get faster and faster.

Football is my life. I guess I can't live without it.

I think in China, they know you have to have a solid nationwide plan. It does not help to have a football hotspot in the north or the south.

To implement a new sport aside your tradition takes time. You definitely need a strategy for the entire country. You need highly qualified coaches for all regions that work with the same concept.

Remember I've seen a video tape of a Scotland-England match and I've seen him miss a chance from five yards. It was against England and he couldn't score. So what does that say?