Quotes from Niko Kovac

We want to win all of our matches and focus on ourselves.

It's not easy to score three goals in 70 minutes.

The money's there in England. They try to gather the best players. We do it differently here at Bayern. We have no investors, no owners.

I never panic.

If, as Bayern, you lose 2-0 at Hertha, nobody believes you that you can still be satisfied with the performance.

For me personally, Pep Guardiola is the best coach in the world.

There will always be cases where one player plays, and another doesn't.

I am the last person to start celebrating.

We just must make sure we give everything we can to become champions.

If research can help us discover cures for diseases, it surely can improve a football team. Whether it's data analysis or biomechanics, it can give you an edge - and I'd be a fool if I didn't want that edge.

We cannot play soccer without hands. You need your arms while running.

If teams play Bayern, they bring another attitude to the pitch than if they play teams who are not Bayern.

In Germany, it is normal, when games end, you shake hands with your players.

Every player brings something from their own culture into the collective.

I know how the game works. If I field one, then the other complains. It's always the same.

Everyone wants to score goals - that's the point of football - but you have to look at the whole situation in detail.

We should not always discuss whether or not a player is angry.

My whole life, I have had to fight.

Those who know me know I'm always a fighter.

I'm a firm believer in science.

A five-year contract is worth no more than a six-month contract these days; it's very concerning.

Football provides the most beautiful stories.

Mistakes happen, but if you make them in the Bundesliga, you will be punished.

You can't manage every footballer the same. Of course you'd love to, but it doesn't work like that. We're not robots.