Jupp Heynckes Quotes

My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot.

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

As a manager you're going to put out the player you think is going to best help you win the game.

For somebody as successful in the Ryder Cup as I am, I don't think it's smart to sit me twice.

It's the business that you guys are in too. We try to get as much information as we can and make the best decisions that we can for the football team.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

Some other people are very lucky and always get in to the very best teams at the very best times and therefore go out and score lots of championship points and be in with a chance of the championship.

I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.

As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business.

It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's the coaching's job. That's what we're doing.

There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge.

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.

The hype that accompanied the promotion of successive strategic fashions exaggerated the importance of the enlightened manager and played down the importance of chance and circumstance in explaining success.

Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.

When it comes down to it, it's about putting the players on the field that will be the best 11.

I always like to have the best players in my team.

I prefer to win a game and lose other 2 rather than draw 3 games. Both cases you get 3 points.

Sometimes you have to take a draw.

I think winning games is my biggest asset, knowing how to win.

If you can improve your franchise, even if you're doing well, you're going to make that move. You just are - at least I am. It's about winning and winning the right way and trying to sustain success over a large period of time.

I made a conscious decision to join Bayern because of the presence of Guardiola.

It is always a good thing that whoever is getting a chance in the playing XI has been performing well.

Ultimately if you can win playing a certain way, then why not do it?

Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent. You see the opportunity but also greater limitations than you should. I have always believed in what I do on the chessboard, even when I had no objective reason to. It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them.