Christian Streich: “Turn off the TV, don’t look at the table”

“The best thing to do is turn off the TV, don’t look at the table, it’s no use anyway. Play! That’s it!” – about gaps in the table before the match day

“I have a German passport, but I don’t feel like a German. I’m a person who has a passport that says German in it.” – about identity and nationality

“It was a bit like a fairy tale. It was a great experience for me too. If a dramaturg had written it, you would have said: ‘Don’t buy the film or the book. That’s an exaggeration.’ But it was like that. And it was very, very beautiful.” – about the farewell to Freiburg striker Nils Petersen

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“So if I wasn’t happy inside, then I would have to go to the doctor. Then there would be something wrong, then I would have to stop or get treatment.” – when asked why he was only cautiously happy after the late winning goal

“We don’t have to win. What we have to do is die.” – about the importance of football

Prayer and bathtub

“You’re always changing because you have a metabolism. You’re not dead.” – about personal change

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“What do you do without the KSC? I don’t live at the North Pole, they live right next to us. We need them.” – about the rivalry with Karlsruher SC

“There are interesting studies with eaten and not eaten. Making judgments with hunger or with a full stomach. That’s why I definitely don’t come to press conferences hungry.” – about judging with a growling stomach

“One gets strength from prayer, another from the bathtub. But if the coach – maybe because he’s religious – were to force you to go to prayer, even though the player doesn’t want to go to church , then he won’t be able to kick well afterwards!” – about the needs of his players

“I have to be able to say to someone: Shut up now. That might not be nice. And don’t come now with the pedagogy or about the children.” – about the emotions during a game

A silk thread with gut

“Bodyguards? I don’t need bodyguards. Bodyguards have the stars.” – about his popularity among football fans

“It’s a thread, but we’ll see if we can get a bit of guts out of it.” – about the tabular situation

“I really don’t care whether the player costs 220 million, really, or 440 million. It doesn’t affect me anymore, I don’t care.” – asked about high transfer fees in the football business

“Bayern lost 5-0 against Gladbach in the cup, we won 6-0 in Gladbach. Then you think we should win 11-0 against Bayern? If you do the math, then I’ll say in the press conference next week, ours The goal is to win 10-0, but if possible 11-0. Because the results speak for it.” – about comparisons and conclusions regarding results

Sexy or not, the main thing is football

“We wanted to present ourselves in terms of mentality in such a way that we try to create the possibility, if certain circumstances arise – fortunate circumstances – that it is not impossible in football to play a draw in Munich. But actually it is almost impossible because it never happens.” – about an away game at Bayern Munich

“We’re not completely unsexy. So I’m relatively unsexy now.” – about the attractiveness of the sports club

Football, football, football, eat, sleep, football, football, football – there are worse things.” – about the stress in football

“Cristiano Ronaldo likes to show off his beautiful muscles. He has trained this muscle. I know that Cristiano Ronaldo has put in a lot of training effort because I was told about it. If every player in our team made this effort, it would be perfect. Of course it would be celebrated “He did it, but he worked it all out. The wrong conclusions are drawn.” – Christian Streich about Cristiano Ronaldo’s physique

“The players who have been there for a long time have had excellent development over the last few years. And now we collectively took a beating on Saturday. Including me. Maybe it was good. For all of us. Including me.” – about a 6-0 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg

“I told him to wear a yellow shirt.” – Explanation of why he was sent to the stands by the referee when his team lost 1:5 in Dortmund

“I think Bayern will try to make us unemployed at the front.” – Prank about the Munich offensive

“The best thing to do is turn off the TV, don’t look at the table, it’s no use anyway. Play! That’s it!” – about gaps in the table before the match day

“I have a German passport, but I don’t feel like a German. I’m a person who has a passport that says German in it.” – about identity and nationality

“It was a bit like a fairy tale. It was a great experience for me too. If a dramaturg had written it, you would have said: ‘Don’t buy the film or the book. That’s an exaggeration.’ But it was like that. And it was very, very beautiful.” – about the farewell to Freiburg striker Nils Petersen

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