Jurgen Klopp Quotes

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

- Jurgen Klopp

Bad Day, Bad, Anyone, Perform

In England, football is a big thing to talk about, but Liverpool, it's a special place. You feel it when you make your first step.

- Jurgen Klopp

England, Big, About, Liverpool

Without being the most confident person in the world, I think I am the right person for Liverpool.

- Jurgen Klopp

Right Person, Think, I Think, Liverpool

Liverpool is a club with a big, big, big history, and all the clubs in the world have a big history if the present is not too successful. If you have never had success, then nobody knows how it is, but in Liverpool, everybody knows how it was.

- Jurgen Klopp

Big, Everybody, Had, Liverpool

The intensity of the football and how the people live football in Liverpool - it is not a usual.

- Jurgen Klopp

How, Intensity, Usual, Liverpool

I always thought about working in England because of the kind of football, the intensity of football. Liverpool was first choice.

- Jurgen Klopp

Thought, England, Always, Liverpool

I've met some Evertonians in the street, and they've been friendly. I've had taxi drivers who have been Everton fans. They've been really nice.

- Jurgen Klopp

Some, Been, Friendly, Everton

I left Mainz after 18 years and thought, 'Next time, I will work with a little less of my heart.' I said that because we all cried for a week. The city gave us a goodbye party, and it lasted a week.

- Jurgen Klopp

Thought, Week, Next, Next Time

The Premier League is one of the most difficult in the world. There's five, six, or seven clubs that can be the champions. Only one can win, and all the others are disappointed and live in the middle of disaster.

- Jurgen Klopp

Champions, Middle, Six, Premier

In London, you'll be walking around and, 'Oh, there's the ground.' Every area of the city has a Premier League club. They all survive; they all exist with enough money, and that's good.

- Jurgen Klopp

London, Survive, Area, Enough Money

Only stupid people are changed by success.

- Jurgen Klopp

Success, Stupid, Only, Stupid People

Shinji Kagawa is one of the best players in the world, and he now plays 20 minutes at Manchester United - on the left wing! My heart breaks. Really, I have tears in my eyes. Central midfield is Shinji's best role.

- Jurgen Klopp

Tears, Role, United, Manchester

That's what you live for as a sportsman. You have to put up a fight.

- Jurgen Klopp

Live, You, Up, Sportsman

If two smart, intelligent, clever guys sit together on a table, and you both want the same, where can be the problem? We all want to be successful.

- Jurgen Klopp

Smart, Want, Two, Sit

We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.

- Jurgen Klopp

Play, Defend, Lively, Offence

When I started analysing games in 2001, I had a DVD recorder. I'd be at home watching the games just on a normal TV, watching what I could and trying to figure out what we would be facing a few weeks later. The problem was, in the team meetings, I'd always have to keep going back and forwards with the footage, trying to get to the right part.

- Jurgen Klopp

TV, Forwards, Weeks, Recorder

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

- Jurgen Klopp

Skill, Common, Biggest, Common Sense

We don't want people to leave the stadium until the game finishes.

- Jurgen Klopp

Game, Want, Leave, Finishes

There is something special which rides on a game between Liverpool and United.

- Jurgen Klopp

Game, Special, Which, Something Special

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don't really think about it.

- Jurgen Klopp

Think, More, Makes, Important Job

Just like every person who works for Dortmund is a fan of the club, it was the same at Mainz. When I was a player there, we had 800 supporters on rainy Saturday afternoons, and if we died, no one would notice or come to our funeral. But we loved the club, and we have this same feeling at Dortmund.

- Jurgen Klopp

Saturday, Had, Works, Supporters

I know I'm more on television, and I'm more recognisable than maybe even the players because they run and train, but I just stand there, and my face does all these funny things that everyone can see all the time.

- Jurgen Klopp

Run, See, Maybe, Recognisable

The wind can be quite extreme in England. We are not familiar with that in Germany, and you have to keep things simple.

- Jurgen Klopp

England, Keep, Germany, Wind

Bayern want a decade of success like Barca. That's OK if you have the money because it increases the possibility of success. But it's not guaranteed.

- Jurgen Klopp

Want, Decade, Like, OK

Coaches will say that it's not important for their team to run more, and they prefer to make games the right way. I want to make games only the right way and run 10 km more.

- Jurgen Klopp

Will, More, Prefer, Right Way

Sometimes I don't use the words 'will' and 'want' in the right way. The German word 'will' is the English word 'want,' so that's a little bit of the problem.

- Jurgen Klopp

Will, Use, German, Right Way

If you are full of motivation as a player, if you are full of concentration, I am open arms.

- Jurgen Klopp

Motivation, Concentration, Open Arms

You'd be waiting 30 or 40 years for me to build a table. I have more than two left hands.

- Jurgen Klopp

Waiting, Hands, More, Table

Louis van Gaal is one of the most successful managers in the world.

- Jurgen Klopp

World, Van, Most, Louis

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

- Jurgen Klopp

Game, Important, More, Derby

My father gave me some advice when I was very young - whatever someone tells you in the future, don't forget Pele is the best.

- Jurgen Klopp

Young, Some, Very, Pele

I have no problem if someone wants to hug me - if I know him!

- Jurgen Klopp

Problem, Someone, No Problem, Hug

I'm not sure what you need first - the players believing or others believing in them - but in the end, both have to think it.

- Jurgen Klopp

Think, Need, Sure, In The End

If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it.

- Jurgen Klopp

Want, Special, Things, Together

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can't win, lose, win, lose.

- Jurgen Klopp

Results, Lose, Need, Row

I don't think I'm an unlucky person.

- Jurgen Klopp

Think, Person, Unlucky

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that's the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

- Jurgen Klopp

Work, Want, Needs, Hear

He is really something. I love him. He is Sir Arsene Wenger.

- Jurgen Klopp

Love, He, I Love, Sir

I only change things where I know about a situation. I'd never change just for change.

- Jurgen Klopp

Change, Never, Only, Change Things

Players who are not from the U.K. have to get used to the winds. I have to adapt my style as a result as well. Often, you are forced to keep things simple.

- Jurgen Klopp

Adapt, Players, Forced, Winds

If you watch me during the game, I celebrate when we press the ball and it goes out.

- Jurgen Klopp

Celebrate, Game, Goes, Press

It's not about changing people; it's sometimes about changing a situation. How can we build an even better situation for them?

- Jurgen Klopp

Better, Build, How, Situation

When you play sports like tennis, you're alone, and that's a good school for life, but it's also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too - helping others in difficult moments.

- Jurgen Klopp

Play, Bring, Helping, Tennis

I was a very average player and became a trainer in Germany with a special club.

- Jurgen Klopp

Special, Average, Very, Player

I don't want to spend money the club doesn't have; I don't want to hold a player that doesn't want to stay.

- Jurgen Klopp

Money, Want, Spend, Player

I'm not a genius. I need other people to get the perfect information. When we have this, we will decide to sign or sell a player.

- Jurgen Klopp

Perfect, Need, Other, Player

What is Champions League level? I saw a lot of rubbish games at Champions League level.

- Jurgen Klopp

Level, Lot, Champions League, Rubbish

I was a fighting machine with a will of iron.

- Jurgen Klopp

Fighting, Will, Machine, Iron

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

- Jurgen Klopp

Prepared, Aggressiveness, Hurt

There is a place in the net where the keeper cannot reach the ball.

- Jurgen Klopp

Reach, Ball, Keeper, Net

It's absolutely normal that different human beings want to go different ways.

- Jurgen Klopp

Normal, Human Beings, Ways, Beings

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.

- Jurgen Klopp

Say, Like, The Only Thing, Beings

As Dortmund manager, I lived in a street, and my two neighbours were Schalke fans. They showed it every day, flying flags!

- Jurgen Klopp

Manager, Every Day, Flags, Neighbours

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I'm quite good.

- Jurgen Klopp

I Am, World, Manager, Saying

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.

- Jurgen Klopp

The Most Important, Other, Wild

Winning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.

- Jurgen Klopp

Winning, England, Biggest, Title

I'm looking forward to the intensity of football and how the people live football in Liverpool. It's a special club.

- Jurgen Klopp

Football, Forward, Liverpool, Club

I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that's by going step by step.

- Jurgen Klopp

Development, Making, Going, Step

I love football and the intensity of football in Liverpool, this is what is very good for me.

- Jurgen Klopp

Love, Intensity, Very, Liverpool

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

- Jurgen Klopp

New, Bad, Happen, Serious

The best football is always about expression of emotion. Always.

- Jurgen Klopp

Emotion, Always, Expression, Football

Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.

- Jurgen Klopp

Game, Play, Making Mistakes, Football

I am not a dreamer. I am a football romantic.

- Jurgen Klopp

Romantic, I Am, Dreamer, Football

I'm really a normal football manager.

- Jurgen Klopp

Manager, Normal, Really, Football

We all started playing football against our best friends, and I can't remember a moment where, because it was my best friend, I did not want to win against him.

- Jurgen Klopp

Want, Against, Started, Football

The emotion to handle the pressure is one of the biggest challenges in football - it's the top challenge.

- Jurgen Klopp

Top, Emotion, Biggest, Football

Yes, it is one of my ultimate aims - it is the ultimate sense of football: to make the people happy, to let them live some emotions that you usually can't get.

- Jurgen Klopp

Emotions, Some, Aims, Football

Fighting football, not serenity football - that is what I like.

- Jurgen Klopp

Serenity, Fighting, Like, Football

I've thought sometimes about what I like about football, and it's playing together.

- Jurgen Klopp

Thought, Sometimes, Like, Football

The English game is not faster than the German game. Perhaps there are a few more sprints. But there is a different style of football here, partially due to the weather.

- Jurgen Klopp

Game, Here, German, Football

I am a normal guy from the Black Forest, and I do not compare myself with the geniuses.

- Jurgen Klopp

Forest, Normal, Compare, Geniuses

My first win feels better than a draw!

- Jurgen Klopp

Better, Than, Feels, Draw

I think a father is important for everyone. If you don't have, then maybe not so much. In the world today, it's possible that you grow up with only one parent in the family.

- Jurgen Klopp

Parent, Think, I Think, Grow Up

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

- Jurgen Klopp

Future, Cool, Succeed, Handle

Derbies are always difficult to play because you have to handle the pressure. There's no advantage or disadvantage for either side.

- Jurgen Klopp

Play, Always, Disadvantage, Handle

I'm an absolutely normal guy.

- Jurgen Klopp

Normal, Guy, Absolutely

My experience is listen, see, feel - and then think about what you change.

- Jurgen Klopp

Change, Think, See, Listen

I love pets, especially dogs.

- Jurgen Klopp

Love, Pets, I Love, Dogs

In England, you have stadiums in the middle of the city.

- Jurgen Klopp

City, England, Middle, Stadiums

I'm not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.

- Jurgen Klopp

My Life, Never, Want, One-Man

It's a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don't have to give all, and you still win, what's this?

- Jurgen Klopp

Work, Give, Still, Difference

When the players go home, I can't tell them what to do, so you need to create an atmosphere of trust. I don't want to think, 'What are they doing now? Do I need to call them?'

- Jurgen Klopp

Trust, Think, Atmosphere, Go Home

I didn't take many penalties, but I never missed one.

- Jurgen Klopp

Never, Take, Penalties, Missed

People should not make me out to be like Jesus; I don't walk on water.

- Jurgen Klopp

Me, Like, Should, Jesus

When you create circumstances together, when you try everything, then you can lose. But you need to show the importance.

- Jurgen Klopp

Lose, Need, Importance, Circumstances

I don't feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

- Jurgen Klopp

See, Only, Too, Too Much

I get a little bit emotional during a game!

- Jurgen Klopp

Game, Emotional, Get, Little Bit

When I left Dortmund, I said it's not important what people think when you come in but what they think when you leave.

- Jurgen Klopp

Think, Important, Left, Said

In Germany, they all thought I was a bit mental, very emotional.

- Jurgen Klopp

Thought, Emotional, Very, Germany

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

- Jurgen Klopp

Life Is Too Short, Moments, Nice

I'm pretty positive, optimistic, so I always expect the best.

- Jurgen Klopp

Pretty, Always, Expect, Optimistic

Crazy players love me. I don't know why.

- Jurgen Klopp

Love, Me, Players, Love Me

I am a very emotional guy. What I love, I do with all I have.

- Jurgen Klopp

Love, Very, I Love, Guy

My problem is I am Christian, so I think other people must have success, too; it's not about me.

- Jurgen Klopp

Think, Other, I Think, Christian

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

- Jurgen Klopp

Me, Better, More, Players

It is my job to help the players react better.

- Jurgen Klopp

Help, React, Better, Players

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

- Jurgen Klopp

Feeling, Always, Whole, Team

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