"When we were ahead, he he saw the most serious problems in our game. When we were behind, he stayed calm, relaxed, gave hints what we are able to do, what we could do better."

"This sphere has enough problems as it is, and slowly we could start thinking about how we can live better together. I ask myself: Aren't they starting to get a headache from the constant warfare?"

"In modern football all teams run and fight. Football needs to come back a little to be a game, if it is even coming back. If there is too much tactics, too much money, too much fight, maybe the people do not want to see it any more. Football is a game."

"You don't dig a new well if you have water in an old well. If we are going to build a team, we must build it around a group of experienced players."

"Inevitably you start to loose ideas and authority. You don’t want to provoke crises, but you need problems so you can create solutions."

"A team is successful when they make a difference, not because of their trophies."

"Normally, cultures don't fight. That is why they are cultures: because they do not wage wars."

"Kampf der Kulturen? Normalerweise kämpfen Kulturen nicht. Deshalb sind sie Kulturen: Weil sie keine Kriege führen."

"Ich weiß nicht, wann ich meine Karriere beende. Es wäre doch schön, auf der Trainerbank zu sterben."

"Fußball ist etwas ganz anderes und nicht nationalistisch. Ich glaube noch immer, dass die, die mit dem Fußball verbunden sind – egal welche Hautfarbe oder Religion sie haben – anders sind. Ich glaube, dass Fußball für sich selbst eine kleine Religion ist."