Ottmar Hitzfeld Quotes

When I had people scratchin' my shorts a bit, it played better. We lost a bit of that in all the personnel changes and it's an element we need to get back.

Coming in, you're so concerned about learning your job and the things you need to do to be successful individually. Once that's good, you can start to focus on learning guys around you and learning defenses and what they're trying to do to you.

When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.

To change a team you must change their comfort zone.

Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you.

When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team.

As a leader, you want your team to play as you are.

I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.

Every job I've taken, I like to bring in some new faces.

It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

I'm always excited anytime I get a chance to be a better player and work with different people.

At the beginning, I didn't want to arrive at a big team like Ferrari and say: 'Ok, I want the car like this' - I just wanted to try and adapt to the car and then see if I wanted to make some changes.

I'm by no means an expert at coaching high school football. I'm doing the best I can in Year 1. But I've already learned a lot of lessons and I imagine I'll keep learning them.

Good teams understand how to compete, how to practice the right way.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

All the different coaches and styles of play I've seen helped me develop, to relate to my teammates.

You have to think, 'What can I do to help my team develop, grow, and become better performers?' rather than, 'What's in it for me?'

I've developed a lot under Jurgen Klopp. I am very grateful to him, and it is a lot of fun to work with him.

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

You've got to coach with what you have and who's available.

When you change team, and you have the right mindset and a coach who respects you, everything becomes easier.

At a massive club like Liverpool, people will come and go. It is our job to keep the wheels moving and momentum going.

I've learned so much whether it was, I played a lot of team sports, so being part of a team, learning how to be a leader on different teams, and how to deal with the ebb and flow of different games.