Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Joachim Low - Page 2

The joy of the Brazilians in football is a wonderful thing no matter where you go.

The important thing is that the players do what the coach tells them on the pitch, both at their club and with the national teams. And that's the case with Mats Hummels.

Sometimes it's natural to do the safe pass, the no-frills thing, to pass it back to the goalkeeper. But I want them to do the daring thing.

I am very grateful for the belief that the DFB has shown in me and I feel, generally, that despite the justified criticism towards me, I feel a lot of support and encouragement too.

To whistle your own player at one time or another, even before kick-off, I don't think is fair. It doesn't help the player carry on, so it doesn't help the team.

You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a friendly but not in a tournament.

I take sporting criticism on board very keenly and with deference, and I also try to make decisions based on it.

For us, for me as national coach, the Nations League is a good invention.

If you look at the players, they need more of a break. Some players only get as little as three weeks after a major tournament and it's straight back to the grind.

The high demands on teams in national leagues and of course the Champions League - it's too much.

World Cups and European Championships should feature the best teams. When you keep increasing the number of teams, you dilute the quality.

Thomas Muller deserves enormous respect. He's hardly ever injured and has always been with the national team, where other players might have said they are tired, need a break or were injured. He has busted his butt for the national team.

If a player is 20 or 21 and sits on the bench for two or three years, I don't know if that's useful.

If you become world champions, there is nothing to top that. It's the result of many years of work, good decisions inside the association, good training and good players.

Italy is one of the great footballing nations, with whom we have a great sporting rivalry.

It's important to have players like Schweinsteiger and Khedira, the connectors, the symmetry-makers in the game. They can take the tempo out of the game or pick it up.

I consider 100 wins to be better than 100 defeats.

I don't think we should compare club teams with international teams because they are different cups of tea.

Stefan Kiessling is a striker who has put in very good performances in the Bundesliga over the years.

Sometimes I just have to follow my intuition.

At the top level you know most things about the best clubs, there aren't too many surprises.

Good physical conditioning is essential for success.

I think the core job of a coach is to select the right players for a tournament. You need players who are mentally and physically fit, who are able to deal with difficult moments.

You always want to see the best players in action at a World Cup, and the players always want to measure themselves up to the very best.

I had the idea to bring an experimental squad to the Confederations Cup in 2014.

Klopp would be a great addition to any team.

I want to establish an error culture in friendlies. We can make mistakes, learn from them and correct them.

I don't think it's such a bad thing to have internal debate between coach and leading players.

Static strikers do not exist anymore.

There has never been even a hint of an expression of racism in the national team.

We don't play to grind out goalless draws.

You shouldn't be scared of putting together a team made up of experts who are better than the coach in some aspects... So for me personally, it was important to have people in my environment who discuss things with me, who give me their opinions, but who are loyal to me and who are reliable.

I know how to deal with pressure.

When you lose a game, you are annoyed.

It's a long time since men's cosmetics were considered uncool.

A coach needs to be a psychologist, because during a tournament you're looking after a team of players which is being watched closely and put under a lot of pressure.

I strongly favour attractive football.

In 2014, we won the World Cup without a big superstar. We won with a team performance where everyone brought something to the team and gave everything for the team.

Sometimes you learn the most from your defeats.

We need to be one team on the pitch.

Our sports are totally different, if Lance Armstrong himself were to come and train with us he'd be completely exhausted after half and hour.

If you want to change something, you have to use new ways.

Every manager would like to see a match decided in 90 minutes. Because I don't think there's any way you can prepare for penalty kicks.