Jurgen Klinsmann Quotes

• You have to work more than your adversary.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Adversaries

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Country, Penalties, Our Country

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team - spirit. That's the right attitude; that will bring you pleasure and fulfillment in football. A baker cannot live on bread he made yesterday, and a footballer cannot live on his last game. It's about the here and now.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Football, Fun, Attitude

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Winning, Giving, Defeat

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Different, Language, Advantage

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Thinking, Talent, Enough

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We enjoy the expectations people have of us. The higher they are, the more pressure, the better we like it.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  People, Expectations, Pressure

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• 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.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Winning, Games, Play

  "How Jurgen Klinsmann Plans to Make U.S. Soccer Better (and Less American)" by Sam Borden, www.nytimes.com. June 04, 2014.

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• 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.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Player, Goal, Competition

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• We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Sports, Needs, Analysis

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Fitness, Order, Levels

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  June, Coaching, Stressed

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Young Generation, Curiosity, Different

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 he says: 'Well, but I'm supposed now to have six weeks off.' If he comes and says that, then I give him a hug and say: 'Have fun the six weeks, but don't come back here.'

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Fun, Team, Player

  "Jürgen Klinsmann's USA project is not designed to be a quick fix" by Amy Lawrence, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2011.

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

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Mean, People, Hierarchy

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• As far as knowledge goes I've come a long way.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Long, Way, Long Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Lionel Messi is very much the team player, while Cristiano is very ego-driven.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Team, Player, Ego

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• I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Order, Energy, Half

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• If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Team, Decision, Lost

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The Gold Cup really is about getting the job done and winning it and qualifying us for the Confederations Cup in Russia in 2017. That's why it's really crucial for us to have players on the roster that have tremendous experience.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Jobs, Winning, Player

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• 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 are really proud of, you know so I take the second one.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Expectations, Proud, Kind

  "Juergen Klinsmann interview". www.cnn.com. March 22, 2006.

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