Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Julian Nagelsmann

I had very good talks with Leipzig. I felt that the club really wanted me.

The Premier League is a very interesting league and I can imagine it could be a big aim to be a big manager in the Premier League one day like Jurgen Klopp who is very successful.

I do not think about formations too often. It is the easiest thing to recognize and to see on the pitch, but when the game starts is when things start to get weird.

Diego Simeone has done a great job with a lot of success.

At every level I was promoted faster than I ever thought.

Counter-pressing is a very important topic. Putting pressure onto opponents almost every single minute so we can win the ball... but that is only one thing; we need to find a good balance between ball possession and attacking moments.

My biggest dream is to win the Champions League.

I work like a baker. I mix things, put them in the oven and see if I like what comes out.

Thirty per cent of coaching is tactics, 70% social competence.

Jurgen Klopp has the gift of developing clubs and improving people.

I watch a lot of Liverpool and Manchester City.

When I analyse an opponent I do not look at the results. I try to find out how they score goals, concede, build up play, counter attack, counter-press, other things. So the result doesn't count for much.

Pep and Jurgen tell me that the Premier League is crazy, a hard one.

All the fans who see me ride through the city are laughing. They can't believe the manager of Leipzig is skateboarding! They like it. They never say, 'He's crazy.' They recognise that you are living a normal life.

I like to communicate, I'm very expressive with my players.

The feeling of pleasure and enjoyment from what we do is extremely important. It creates trust and respect when you walk into the dressing room or onto the pitch.

The big Premier League clubs will only call me if I win a title in Germany.

The top teams in particular always have opponents who are highly motivated. If they drop a couple of percentage points, perhaps sub-consciously, then it's enough for the other team to capitalize.

When you educate and develop your players, it is important they recognise you are sometimes crazy and a child and want to play football. Even though I am a manager, there will always be a good relationship with them. They know I am not only the guy who tells them ideas but that I can also be a crazy child as well - and that is important.

It is always key for the manager to look at the character of a player. It is important... that you have a good social feeling with the players and a good connection.

I've said many times: Barcelona is a beautiful city, a beautiful club.

I'm a football coach, not a model.

It's a question of five or 10 metres whether it's a 4-4-2 or a 4-3-2-1; you only see teams adhering to that at kick-off and perhaps eight times during the game.

The main thing is to make the right steps, not the biggest steps.

The big problem in our society is the obsession with maximisation.

It is important to have face-to-face meetings, so when the players have things on their mind we talk. It is important to have a good relationship with your players. If they like you and love you - and the other way around - you will be successful.

I was at Hoffenheim under contract, there was a clause - I could only leave in 2019. When that clause took effect, there was no position free in Dortmund.

When the lads see that the coach loves football and believes in what he says - he'd really prefer to be playing with the team - that creates a sense of enthusiasm among the players and trust in the coach. They notice that you're one of them.

There's pressure and it's nerve-wracking, particularly in the Champions League. So you need to be able to free yourself to a certain extent and have fun in what you are doing.

When I get a new player, we do tests about his character and personality because it is very important to find out about the things he loves to do on and off the pitch.

Although I'm the one who decides at the end of the day, I don't just want the players to walk behind me like soldiers. They should have their own opinions and come forward with ideas.

I could imagine staying as a manager in the Bundesliga for my whole career.

You always defend your own team.

The Bundesliga is about results but I love to get those results with a certain style.

It's cool to be a manager in my own country. I love it.

Mourinho and I have similarities in our careers. We didn't play professionally but our way of playing is not the same.

Everyone wants the biggest car, the biggest bank account, the biggest house. I don't want any part of that.

It's always fascinating to watch Pep Guardiola teams.

We don't have the same philosophy, but I don't think it's the worst thing in the world to have a nickname associated with Jose Mourinho.

I have a lot of interests outside of football like motorcross, skiing and enjoying experiences with my family.

Always be an entertainer. I have rules in offence but it's all about players finding the right spaces and solutions in the right moments.

I wear what I like.

We have to entertain the supporters. It's not only about defending and 'don't concede.' Perhaps most managers focus on defence.

My hobbies are linked to the way I want to play soccer. I want to do different action things, like kite surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking, freeriding with skis. I like these sports in my free time and it could be a big link with how I want to play soccer.

During the first season of European football at Hoffenheim after we lost the Champions League knockout game to Liverpool, I changed a lot of players between Bundesliga matches and the Europa League for fresh legs. I learnt that we needed more stability. You need to keep five or six of the same places to give you structure, to be your spine.

Every player is motivated by different things and needs to be addressed accordingly.

I'm not very fond of the first official act with a player being to immediately discuss his contractual situation.

As as a coach you shouldn't take yourself too seriously and never forget that the main protagonists are the players. Your own influence is sometimes less than one believes or hopes for.

It can be very emotional to develop young guys and put them in the right direction. I love it. I love it when they are players for the youth team and then for the first time in their lives they play in a professional game.

It's extremely important to convey joy and have enthusiasm and positivity as a coach.

I think the playbook in American football would be a very good idea for soccer.

I know it's very tough in England. I've been reading the interviews of Klopp and Guardiola about the intense fixture schedule and the demands on players and staff.

I think I've developed my own style, we play the football I like and that I want to play.

I have always pointed out in many interviews that it is my dream to manage a world-class club and win trophies. Bayern are among these top clubs, but there's also a few more.

In the end my playing career would not have been as big as my career as a manager. I was a talented guy but I couldn't imagine I would win a title as a player.

For me, being a top coach means more than just teaching football. That includes empathy, it means that you can speak to a group, that you can deal with the media - you have to be able to do all of that. I would not describe myself as blind in this regard, but a top coach also includes titles.

I do not prefer a formation because it is only numbers.

I want to win every game - soccer, tennis, it doesn't matter. When I play I am very loud. I am very emotional.

I always involve my players in the decision-making; that's very important to me.

It's important as a manager that you feel a club believes in you and your methods. Oliver Mintzlaff and Ralf Rangnick showed me this.