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I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

In 16, 17 years as a pro I was used to the head coach doing it alone. He might have asked his people for advice, but he made the decisions on his own. In order to learn quickly I couldn't do that.

And then '74 as I mentioned and then the 1990 world cup was our team was the team of the reunification you know, so we were the team for both sides of Germany so now, you know throughout the last 16 years, we've melted together. And now comes the next milestone.

As far as knowledge goes I've come a long way.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Knowledge

Based on history the expectations are simply the highest, it kind of could become a burden for you or it could be something that you are really proud of, you know so I take the second one.

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

Jurgen Klinsmann

People

Authority

I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high.

If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Coach

Decisions

You have to work more than your adversary.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Work

Once the World Cup preparations begin there will hardly be an opportunity to do so, since we'll have to put all our energy into the team. We coaches have a list of priorities and dealing with the media isn't in the top five.

We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.

Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Fitness

Order

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Aggression

Being