Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Joachim Low
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German coach Joachim Low.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
I don't say anything about referees' decisions, you have to accept them.
Those who know me are aware that I stand by my mistakes or non-working strategies.
If you are successful, then it is only human that you are sometimes a bit saturated. You might also lose that hunger which means that others who are more ambitious will knock you off your pedestal.
One win more, one defeat more. There are other important things: family, friendship, values.
Gotze is a miracle boy, a boy wonder. He can play any position up front.
Intelligent players are receptive and capable of implementation.
Everyone who knows us knows how we always encourage players to speak out, to be open and honest, to be critical. These things are very important to us.
When someone has 100 international games more or less in a row then that's top class.
I said to Gotze: 'OK, show the world you are better than Messi and can decide the World Cup.' I told him that. I always had a good feeling about Gotze.
I can see exactly why Liverpool want Klopp.
Cristiano Ronaldo is sensational, a very good professional, an incredible goalscoring machine for many years, but Messi is the most complete player I have seen.
Penalty shoot-outs depend on so many things.
It's important that you prepare the players for what happens at a tournament, like a World Cup, for example. You can get a better idea of a situation. They can get to know the conditions, the atmosphere in the country, the stadiums and the journeys involved.
I am coach of the Germany national team and there are not many jobs in the world which are better than this.
I know lots of Korean players, Heung-Min Son from Tottenham Hotspur of course, there are also lots in the Bundesliga. They have a great mentality and are very quick.
When we play with three at the back, we need active players, who tie up the opposition and play passes forward.
The role of a coach is varied. We have many tasks. To be a visionary that always looks a little bit towards the future: How should the team develop? How should it play at a tournament? Of course you also have to be the contact person for the players, where social competence also plays a role.
I don't agree with people saying that I am immune to advice or cannot admit when I make a mistake.
Mesut Ozil, a Mario Gotze, a Mats Hummels, a Holger Badstuber, and so on - they are very mature even in their younger years.
Midfielders must do everything.
I tell my team: if we win the ball, I want to see the ball in the goal in eight seconds. That's my philosophy.
If you have a good product, like football, you should also think about limiting it to keep the quality high.
If a player has good technique and a good basic speed, but is slow in the head, this may reduce his value to the team.
To play at the highest level requires tremendous effort, concentration and above all, never giving up.
Pep Guardiola was very good for the Bundesliga.
From my point of view, it is not the coach who becomes world champion, it is a team. Not just the players who played, but the whole squad, and also the team behind the team. Because if you want to achieve success, the whole team has to work perfectly, like a machine, and all the pieces of the puzzle need to fit together into one picture.
Sometimes, as a coach, you have to somehow accept personal disappointments.
The World Cup is the toughest challenge there is. You have seven matches where you have to bring your best and cannot let up at any turn.
There are things you can learn about certain players while watching them in action in a friendly.
You will often see a young player have something of a hangover following a major tournament.
Every player has his own strengths and weaknesses and has to be integrated into a team.
You have to be careful that you do not overdo things with too many games, because the quality must not suffer. Fans would then also turn away and the interest would subside.
People always think that somehow they know everything, can do everything.
I have faith in all my players.
One can not win titles with result-orientated football anymore and this has been clear to me since 2008.
I would not deny that to work as a club coach could be fun.
You cannot let him out of your sight, literally. You've always got to ask: 'what's Ronaldo doing, where is Ronaldo?'
German virtues are now about technically good players playing attacking football.
You need superhuman performances at the World Cup.
Even before the World Cup in 2010 I had said that there were no world champions who aim to stifle the opposition's play and somehow hope to win. These teams do not go far.
You need to receive the ball and be assertive with it.
Every game brings important insights.
You need to be able to deal with pressure while on the ball and not keep giving it away in easy situations.
Without planning there will be no success.
Good teams have good rotation.
The cognitive development of the players is enormously important, as well as social competence and character values such as discipline and teamwork.
For us to reach the Euro 2008 final was a success.
Neuer is of course the best goalkeeper in the world.
As a coach, of course I favour competition.
You can learn a lot from setbacks.
I have to tip my hat to those who have worked closely with me from the start. All these people have backed me up when it was more difficult, urging me on, so thanks to them.
The English clubs Arsenal and Manchester United focus on continuity with the same coaches for years.
The end of a tournament is a good time to pause.
For me, it is utterly incomprehensible how people share their private life, from truly confidential and intimate things, indiscriminately with thousands or even millions of people.
If players from our national team are playing in the Bundesliga, it for me shows that it is at least as strong and attractive as the Premier League or La Liga.
To sing the national anthem is wonderful, but it's far from the sign of a strong team and it is absolutely no indication of a lack of desire to fight.
Ozil is a great distributor and does a lot of running.
Everybody wants to have the ball and be perfect with it.
Roy Hodgson is a fantastic coach. I first knew him when I was playing in Switzerland and he was national team coach. It was under him that Switzerland revolutionised their player formation system.
Real Madrid are an interesting club for any manager.
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