Quotes from Joachim Low

Mesut Ozil, a Mario Gotze, a Mats Hummels, a Holger Badstuber, and so on - they are very mature even in their younger years.

I tell my team: if we win the ball, I want to see the ball in the goal in eight seconds. That's my philosophy.

You can learn a lot from setbacks.

If you are successful, then it is only human that you are sometimes a bit saturated. You might also lose that hunger which means that others who are more ambitious will knock you off your pedestal.

Pep Guardiola was very good for the Bundesliga.

You have to be careful that you do not overdo things with too many games, because the quality must not suffer. Fans would then also turn away and the interest would subside.

If you become world champions, there is nothing to top that. It's the result of many years of work, good decisions inside the association, good training and good players.

At the top level you know most things about the best clubs, there aren't too many surprises.

Without planning there will be no success.

Good physical conditioning is essential for success.

Roy Hodgson is a fantastic coach. I first knew him when I was playing in Switzerland and he was national team coach. It was under him that Switzerland revolutionised their player formation system.

Every player has his own strengths and weaknesses and has to be integrated into a team.

I want to establish an error culture in friendlies. We can make mistakes, learn from them and correct them.

It's a long time since men's cosmetics were considered uncool.

If players from our national team are playing in the Bundesliga, it for me shows that it is at least as strong and attractive as the Premier League or La Liga.

Sometimes you learn the most from your defeats.

The high demands on teams in national leagues and of course the Champions League - it's too much.

I would not deny that to work as a club coach could be fun.

I don't think we should compare club teams with international teams because they are different cups of tea.

Good teams have good rotation.

To whistle your own player at one time or another, even before kick-off, I don't think is fair. It doesn't help the player carry on, so it doesn't help the team.

Sometimes, as a coach, you have to somehow accept personal disappointments.

If a player has good technique and a good basic speed, but is slow in the head, this may reduce his value to the team.

It's important to have players like Schweinsteiger and Khedira, the connectors, the symmetry-makers in the game. They can take the tempo out of the game or pick it up.