As a player I had a few idols but that's not really interesting any more. I was a striker and focusing on guys like Marco van Basten but as a coach I want to make my own footsteps.
To take over a bottom club is the best thing that can happen to you as a coach. There's a significantly higher chance that you can turn things around than failing.
We are studying the opponent all the time and it is maybe about chess and finding the right move at the right moment and that makes this so interesting.
I know there are no guarantees of winning and the only thing we have is to work on chances. If you want guarantees buy a washing machine.
Sometimes I forget to shake hands with the other manager. I apologise. I'm learning, but I have a very good relationship with my players and also the crowd.
It's better to be incognito because otherwise everyone is talking to you because they know you - and you can't concentrate on the training because everyone is talking to you.
I have a wonderful flat in Southampton and sometimes after games I have friends and family round and we have very nice evenings - especially after wins.
Jurgen has a very proactive way to play, he set marks in Germany with his kind of football and that really influenced my style.
I guess they draw the comparisons with Jurgen because, just like him, I tend to live the technical area and I am as emotional when celebrating.
The higher we are, the more the focus will be on us and that means our opponents are going to try even harder against us.
I don't know, at times I run a bit too far onto the pitch. But that's only in exceptional circumstances, and Jurgen does it too when a goal is scored!
To work for the team and for the success of the team. That is more important than one ego.
We will have a lot of video sessions and it will get mind-blowing for the guys. The training sessions are forcing you to be really concentrated and therefore I want them to discuss it, for them to come to me. It is all about input, it's about mindset.
If you know my kind of football, you will know I'm about training sessions, working on habits. If you have the chance to do that, okay. If you don't though, it's not so easy to change something about the team.
Every opposition needs to be played in a different way and the formation depends on the opposition's strengths.
I found my luck in Leipzig. We achieved the goal of playing internationally much faster than we had intended. There are certainly worse destinies than being coach of such a team.
We have six teams at the level of Bayern Munich in the Premier League.
The top clubs in the Premier League benefit very much from the fact that there are six teams on a very high level. They have so many games against each other so that they practically play Champions League the whole year. That helps them very much to persist in the international games.
If you want to be in front of Bayern, you have to play a perfect season.
I'm always challenging myself, looking forward I'm not afraid of anything.
