“I’m an absolutely normal guy.”

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.

Winning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.

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

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

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.

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

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

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

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

Shinji Kagawa is one of the best players in the world, and he now plays 20 minutes at Manchester United – on the left wing!

When I started analysing games in 2001, I had a DVD recorder.

Without being the most confident person in the world, I think I am the right person for Liverpool.

I have no problem if someone wants to hug me – if I know him!

Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.

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

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don’t really think about it.