Everyone has their own taste, and you can argue about taste.
— Niko Kovac
I've always been someone who said that football is a contact sport.
To say a player is past it at 29, 30 isn't right.
In football you have to look forward.
It's not easy to play against a team with a man down.
We want to win all of our matches and focus on ourselves.
I am an optimist, not a dreamer.
For the top stars, it's just more appealing to go to the Premier League than to Bundesliga.
We should not always discuss whether or not a player is angry.
For me personally, Pep Guardiola is the best coach in the world.
Victories are always important.
Fortunately, I had some very good coaches.
Everyone wants to score goals - that's the point of football - but you have to look at the whole situation in detail.
We have to learn from the past.
Real Madrid without Cristiano Ronaldo are, of course, not what they were with Ronaldo, but they're still a very good team.
We want to chase and seal the championship title. The decisive thing is to be at the top at the end of the season.
In Germany, it is normal, when games end, you shake hands with your players.
When you fall, you always have the opportunity to get up.
Life writes the best stories.
I don't underestimate any opponent.
At Bayern, you always go into a season with the goal to win titles.
It's all about togetherness and to pay the other the necessary respect. If you do that, then we all would feel better. It is not always a taking but also a giving in both directions.
My job is to keep my players fit and fresh for the important games.
For the players, these top, top, top games or these top, top, top events - like a World Cup or a European Championship - are not common but, of course, something special.
Playing for the national team is not the same as playing for your club.
What was good yesterday might be bad the next morning, so you have to keep calm.
Mistakes happen, but if you make them in the Bundesliga, you will be punished.
Competition means the best player will play.
A lot of players are naturally talented, but you also have to work to improve yourself.
In the emotion, you say things that you regret the next day.
I am the last person to start celebrating.
Morality is very important. We have to be together.
I have always said that I am a friend of VAR.
Giving up is the first way to fail. It does not exist for me.
There is only one Messi. No matter what I say, it's too little. You have to shower him with superlatives.
You have seen it: You can put something into the world, and all of a sudden, everybody believes that. Like throwing a fishing rod and the fish bite into.
We cannot play soccer without hands. You need your arms while running.
I question everything I do.
I never panic.
There are a lot of good players all over the world.
We need to be confident, but do not look back; look at what's coming.
