Top 44 Ralph Hasenhuttl Quotes

As a player I had a few idols but that’s not really interesting any more. I was a striker and focusing on guys like Marco van Basten but as a coach I want to make my own footsteps.

I trained with Chelsea for two weeks under Glenn Hoddle when they were in the relegation zone – it was a long time ago. And I also trained for Bolton when I was a young player. I was very clear, very soon, that I was missing a lot for that level.

Gaming is something you have to force actively against and I will do this.

I was always in my mind that for the top-six clubs in England my name was not big enough.

I can’t take a view of the future of every player.

It’s about winning the ball, making this step or making the right decision. If you make all of these steps then wins, a final position in the table will come on its own.

To work for the team and for the success of the team. That is more important than one ego.

It costs me a lot to stay calm during a game.

If you want to be ahead of a team that never loses, that’s not easy.

We are studying the opponent all the time and it is maybe about chess and finding the right move at the right moment and that makes this so interesting.

If you want to be in front of Bayern, you have to play a perfect season.

I think it’s not so difficult to get a good atmosphere in St Mary’s.

I have a wonderful flat in Southampton and sometimes after games I have friends and family round and we have very nice evenings – especially after wins.

Tennis always fascinated me, because it made every demand: technology, tactics, physique, endurance. The competition of one against one has a very special charm.

The top clubs in the Premier League benefit very much from the fact that there are six teams on a very high level. They have so many games against each other so that they practically play Champions League the whole year. That helps them very much to persist in the international games.

Our philosophy is to give the young players a chance for the future because they are our future.

I don’t know, at times I run a bit too far onto the pitch. But that’s only in exceptional circumstances, and Jurgen does it too when a goal is scored!

There are some games that are very special for the fans and they are really looking forward for these games, but for us as a manager in the moment it’s not in our focus.

I enjoy it very much to work in the best league in the world.

I know there are no guarantees of winning and the only thing we have is to work on chances. If you want guarantees buy a washing machine.

To be honest helps you a lot to not waste time. It’s also the way I help the players most. It doesn’t matter if it is the captain or the last reserve player, I try to be honest.

My goal is to get my name known in the Premier League. I want to put my footsteps in the snow.

If you play an intense way, an aggressive way, we are good, we can score, we can create chances.

I get enthused by good football because I love this sport. I don’t care about which jersey the teams are wearing or which sponsor pays them.

I play the piano.

The players know what they have with Southampton, what they can expect from us, and that’s the main part.

It’s better to be incognito because otherwise everyone is talking to you because they know you – and you can’t concentrate on the training because everyone is talking to you.

We have six teams at the level of Bayern Munich in the Premier League.

It wouldn’t be the worst thing if you don’t play that well but take points.

We are all ambitious but important for me first is to have a stable spine to the team.

I want to be my own character.

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

I was always a little bit compared to Jurgen because my core of working is working against the ball.

Bohemian Rhapsody’ is fantastic. I like to play it, it’s beautiful.

We will have a lot of video sessions and it will get mind-blowing for the guys. The training sessions are forcing you to be really concentrated and therefore I want them to discuss it, for them to come to me. It is all about input, it’s about mindset.

I have heard of worse fates than succeeding the longest-serving manager in England.

Sometimes I forget to shake hands with the other manager. I apologise. I’m learning, but I have a very good relationship with my players and also the crowd.

To take over a bottom club is the best thing that can happen to you as a coach. There’s a significantly higher chance that you can turn things around than failing.

To take something in the Emirates Stadium is far away from being easy but we don’t think about that.

It’s not about being happy, it’s about being successful.

We’ve got to get better and keep making even more progress.

If you want to be a part of a team I manage, it is important to put your ego to one side.

It was something I always wanted to do: see how other people work.

That’s the way we want to go. Make smaller targets and then step by step developing.