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It was always important that a club comes to me or my agent and says: 'You are the player and we want you and we do everything for you. Please come to us.'

Frank Lampard was exactly the sort of player I wanted to be when I was growing up, I used to watch everything he did and it was the same with Michael Ballack.

Of course, sometimes it's good to play in different positions and sometimes it's bad, but in general I'm an offensive player.

In Germany, I was always the best, everybody loved me and then they think: 'OK, he comes to England, now he can do it again.' It was just not easy for me. But as a person and a player, I grew very much during that period and, after the rain, comes always the sun.

The one who really impressed me is Olivier Giroud. I wouldn't have expected that before. He's an amazing player. Playing with him as a striker is just fun.

You have to be a smart player as well as a hard worker.

I never said I had to be the highest-paid defensive player. That really wasn't the most important thing.

Tom Brady is a great player who can beat you.

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.

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.

I'm definitely an unselfish player.

I never was that type of player to have a losing season and be in a losing organization.

As a player you just go and train - but as a coach or a trainer you think what you can do to improve the team, or specific parts of the game. You will do that on the field and after the training: you say that was the right or the wrong way.

When I get a new player, we do tests about his character and personality because it is very important to find out about the things he loves to do on and off the pitch.

Everyone's got talent at the level we're at. But being a smart, tough football player - there's a huge premium for that.

Well, for me, I don't need validation from no one to tell me what type of player I am or number to tell me throughout the year what type of player I am. It's all about your ability to go out there and just compete.

The player I am, if I drop a ball, keep throwing it.

You can't let games define who you are and your character as a player.

After 50 years as a player and a coach, I will not become a functionary. That's not my world.

Kobe was my favorite player from just the way he went about competition. He was so skilled, but his mindset and his approach were really what I took away from him more than anything. How tactical, passionate and detailed he is about the game - he really loved the game.

For a coach to believe in you is key. Not only for the success of the player, but mainly for the success of the team.