Jürgen Klopp Quotes (1967-)

“For me, football is the only thing more inspiring than the cinema. You wake up in the morning, and the magic was all real.”

“I think it was my first red card as a manager, I went to the assistant referee and I said: ‘How many wrong decisions are allowed? Because if it’s 15 we have one left.’”

“It is not my sport. I don’t like winning with 80% [possession]. Sorry that is not enough for me. Fighting football, not serenity football, that is what I like. What we call in German ‘English’ — rainy day, heavy pitch, 5-5, everybody is dirty in the face and goes home and cannot play for weeks after.”

“"Obviously, Liverpool was in the last years not famous for treating or dealing with women's football outstandingly well. They didn't go down to the Championship for no reason....Now they are back and we have to make sure that we use the situation. It is a wonderful team, great coach and I'm really happy for them to get promoted."”

“That’s the problem these days, whatever bullshit you say nobody will forget it.Trust, patience and hard work: how Jürgen Klopp transformed Liverpool, The Guardian, 26 June 2020”

“Sending players off on international duty feels like seeing daughter off on first date, even if it is a good guy, you are slightly concerned Jurgen Klopp: Sending players off on international duty feels like seeing daughter off on first date”

“Look, what I don’t like in life is that (for) a very serious thing, a football manager’s opinion is important. I don’t understand it, It’s not important what famous people say. You have to speak about things in the right manner. Not people with no knowledge, like me, talking about something. People with knowledge should tell the people to do this, do that and everything will be fine, or not. Not football managers. I don’t understand politics, coronavirus... why me? I wear a baseball cap and have a bad shave.”

“"I really have to say I love women's football, it's outstanding. The quality of the tournament is insane. England is doing exceptionally well. I saw three games of Germany too, they've been doing really well as well. It's a really good final - two intense teams facing each other. As much as I love England, my heart is with the German side. At a sold out Wembley with an English crowd, it will be a massive challenge for Germany. England are slight favourites playing at home, but Germany has a chance. Most important is the face women's football showed, it's a fantastic game. Women's football, over the last few years, exploded in their development. It's tactically and technically on an incredibly high level. The intensity of the games - physically it's really, really good and I love watching it. Congratulations to all the teams that were a part of it because it is a commercial for football, not only women's football."”