100 Quotes by Julian Nagelsmann

I like to be the normal Julian Nagelsmann. Doesn't matter if I'm the manager of RB Leipzig or the manager of a youth team. I hope that if you ask anybody of my team in my former days or now they say 'yes, he is still the same guy.'

You just have to turn on the news on the TV in the evening to realise straight away how unimportant you are as a Bundesliga coach.

I do not think about formations too often. It is the easiest thing to recognize and to see on the pitch, but when the game starts is when things start to get weird.

I do not prefer a formation because it is only numbers.

You have to play injury time like the 90 minutes.

It is always key for the manager to look at the character of a player. It is important... that you have a good social feeling with the players and a good connection.

I don't have to be world coach of the year at some point, but I would like to be named one of the best coaches one day.

There's pressure and it's nerve-wracking, particularly in the Champions League. So you need to be able to free yourself to a certain extent and have fun in what you are doing.

From the outside, you often only see the person who posts pictures of his yacht. But what Sami Khedira told me about Ronaldo's professional approach to work, for example, is impressive. He has to be an incredible training animal, the first to come, the last to leave. He is also a very warm guy. That mix is extremely exciting.