Ottmar Hitzfeld Quotes

People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant.

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

I know that us girls aren't the easiest to coach.

I think the day you underestimate the importance of the job at Celtic Football Club, that's the day when you fail. I've seen a few coaches doing that.

It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.

I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell.

Football coaches don't have real problems.

The biggest problem is when a player asks a captain why he is not playing but does not want an honest answer.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.

As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance within the team.

Now, every organization has to have a translator for the Hispanics on the teams, and that helps a lot.

That's the downside of playing for one of the top teams: that no matter how well you play, sometimes you have to step aside.

The situation was kind of complicated in that my mother didn't speak Spanish. My father spoke English, you know, as best he could.

In Dortmund we had many players from abroad and when you want to put your thoughts in their heads, for example with Pierre-Emerick, you had to switch to English, which is the language most players understand.

Coaching in the NBA is a tough trick.

The barrier of communication is terrible if you don't speak the language. You cannot reach a player with a translator.

Rafael Benitez and Mourinho are coaches with different ideas, but both want to win.

Coming back to Tottenham, you feel confident with these players and the manager - the way he talks to you and wants you to play.

At a club like Chelsea, they have the money to buy world class strikers like Diego Costa, and there's also that pressure to win trophies. I just have to stick with it, be patient, and hopefully my rewards will come.

When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.

It was tough coaching Australia. They were so set in their ways because they have been the right ways - but the culture needed changing because the discipline was shoddy.

Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.