Juergen Klinsmann Quotations

We want to push that back. It would be best for us to work with a large group of players for longer. Hopefully, we'll have time until shortly before the tournament.

Sebastian played a big role in our planning for the World Cup.

No doubt, they (Americans) have made great strides forward in the last few years. They've qualified for the World Cup for the fifth straight time. We have a lot of respect for them, I know all their players and it won't be easy.

Peters could contribute a lot. He has a different way of thinking.

I have informed all the players not picked that they are still in with a chance for the World Cup. The Confederations Cup is an important milestone, but afterwards there will still be much to do for the World Cup.

Lippi has a more mature and expert team than ours. We're trying out new players and looking for an identity.

We're delighted to have this test just before the World Cup against a strong South American team.

We raised expectations with our performances in the Confederations Cup. We have to get back to the way we were playing then.

We would love to end this period of not beating a big nation. We get another try tomorrow night.

There have been talks with the DFB and we've been convinced by his way of doing things.

There is no reason for euphoria, but it's good for self-confidence.

This week was the first anniversary of the death of my father and I had long promised my mother we would spend these difficult days for her together in California.

This team is strong enough to overcome such setbacks. It's stable enough to put it behind. With positive thinking, there will be no problems. We have to look ahead.

We firmly believe that we will be in the tournament until the end.

We fully believe in this team. All the players who were there last night will be called back for the match against the United States.

We want to finally beat a top team -- that would give us a boost. We will now concentrate fully on the match. Everything else is secondary.

Every coach has his philosophy about which players will play. We are orienting ourselves to a philosophy of an aggressive attack. That is the way we plan to have an impact at the World Cup.

I see only advantages to this set-up. The world has changed with modern communications so it doesn't matter where you are physically. What difference does it make if I phone a player from California or Frankfurt?

I've seen matches almost every weekend this winter, but I'm not someone who puts himself in the forefront.

Days like this happen in sport and football, when things go in the wrong direction.

The requirement that a national team player has to be first-choice on his team is a thing of the past.

At halftime I told my team that we really had to put the pressure on the Americans. This was a nice result and it was actually fun watching my team play.

It's not pleasant, but days like this happen in sport and football, days when things go the wrong direction, and today they went in totally the wrong direction.

It was an important victory because now we'll be able to prepare in peace for the World Cup. Some of the criticism in the past few weeks was justified but some comments were below the belt.

Initially, we asked AP to conduct fitness performance tests on our squad and provide us with a plan of action through the World Cup in 2006. Having our own staff involved has meant that we have been able to compare some of the results from our testing of the current squad with that of previous squads to help us gauge where we are during the preparation period leading up to the World Cup.

In the second half it was fun to watch, we played with heart and soul.

If you travel back and forth between two countries for doing such a prestigious job, people have problems getting used to it. It's the first time ever that somebody did that in Germany, so I get criticized because nobody else did it before. For other coaches it's just normal.