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

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.

If you are full of motivation as a player, if you are full of concentration, I am open arms.

I am a very emotional guy. What I love, I do with all I have.

Just like every person who works for Dortmund is a fan of the club, it was the same at Mainz. When I was a player there, we had 800 supporters on rainy Saturday afternoons, and if we died, no one would notice or come to our funeral. But we loved the club, and we have this same feeling at Dortmund.

I get a little bit emotional during a game!

I don't think I'm an unlucky person.

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

I don't feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

I didn't take many penalties, but I never missed one.

The intensity of the football and how the people live football in Liverpool - it is not a usual.

I love pets, especially dogs.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

It's absolutely normal that different human beings want to go different ways.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

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.

I've thought sometimes about what I like about football, and it's playing together.

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

The best football is always about expression of emotion. Always.

I like learning more about people; I like to talk to people.

My experience is listen, see, feel - and then think about what you change.

I'm not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.

Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.

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