I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the ball, is the same. I grew up with that; I was a player with that idea, and I am a coach with that idea.

I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.

These days, I'm always trying to have lots of touches, to be involved, and to play my football for 90 minutes.

I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.