1. Ketika kalah di final liga champions melawan Muenchen di final 2013
“The only thing I can say is that it was great. London is the town of the Olympic Games. The weather was good, everything is OK. Only the result is s—.”
2. Prediksinya melawan Juventus yang pada akhirnya dipecundangi Juventus dengan agg 5-1
“We’re facing the greatest challenge there is in football: to play against an Italian team that only needs a draw.”
3. Tentang perbedaan yang mendasar antara dirinya dan Arsene Wenger
“He likes having the ball, playing football, passes. It’s like an orchestra. But it’s a silent song. I like heavy metal.”
4. Tentang kegagalannya untuk mempertahankan Goetze ke Muenchen
“He’s leaving because he’s Guardiola’s favourite. If it’s anyone’s fault, it’s mine. I can’t make myself shorter and learn Spanish.”
5. Tentang bagaimana persaingannya dengan Muenchen lagi dan lagi
“If we should finish second this summer, I’ll find a truck and drive it through my garden. If nobody will rejoice, I’ll do it alone.”
6. Tentang kemengannya 3-1 atas Bayern Muenchen di Februari 2013
“When Dortmund last won here 19 years ago, most of my players were still being breast-fed.”
7. Tentang isu kepindahan Hummels di July 2014
“If that’s not a bulls— story, I’ll eat a broomstick!”
8. Tentang cedera panjang yang dialami Hummels
“We will wait for him like a good wife waiting for her husband who is in jail.”
9. Tentang transplasi rambutnya…
“Yes, it’s true. I underwent a hair transplant. I think the results are really cool, don’t you?”
10. Membandingkan dirinya dengan … ‘The Special One’ Jose Mourinho:
“I am ‘The Normal One’. I am a normal guy from the Black Forest. I was a very average player. I don’t compare myself with these genius managers from the past.”
