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

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

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

You have to work more than your adversary.

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.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

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 seven times to win the tournament.

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

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

I do swear a lot, but the advantage is that having played abroad, I can choose a different language from the referee's.

Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease.

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.

A divided heart loses both worlds.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside

There is nothing to regret, either for those who go, or for those who stay behind — only an inheritance of good accomplishment to be lived up to by those who carry a loving memory in their hearts.

A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particles of which it is composed.

The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time.

I can't try to throw 110 miles per hour. I've got to pitch under control.

It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse.

I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert.

The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.