Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease.
Jurgen Klinsmann
I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.
people
In 16, 17 years as a pro I was used to the head coach doing it alone. He might have asked his people for advice, but he made the decisions on his own. In order to learn quickly I couldn't do that.
people order
The '54 World Cup was the first time the people got the recognition back after the second World War and felt like they are proud of something you know it brought people back together and you know now we can keep our heads up again.
people thetimes time war
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.
history
I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.
experience
I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high.
order
fitness order
You have to work more than your adversary.
work
Once the World Cup preparations begin there will hardly be an opportunity to do so, since we'll have to put all our energy into the team. We coaches have a list of priorities and dealing with the media isn't in the top five.
opportunity
I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.
talent
Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop.
mistakes example
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.
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