Daniel Farke Quotes

Daniel Farke

Profession : Football Player

Birth : October 30, 1976

My door is open 24 hours. We can discuss things - I don't think I'm a magician or the only guy who knows anything about football.

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I always look for a challenge. Maybe it's part of my mentality to create something special.

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Pep Guardiola, when he was at Bayern Munich, he was able to reply in German in his first press conference.

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I always wanted to work on the long term and help structure things. I wanted to be a sporting director.

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When you have something to enjoy, it is important that you do.

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As a head coach you need a strong leadership group behind you and that is exactly what we have with Stuart Webber and our board, we know exactly what direction we want to head and what is possible.

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To be successful you have to find a good balance between offence and defence, to work without the ball, but our main tactic is to work with the ball, to be in possession.

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I still want to think long term on a strategical basis but I realise how much joy it brings to be a coach and I am fully concentrated on that now. It is more joyful to develop young players than worry about a budget.

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Once you have had 10 seasons at this level, the next season is not going to be so different. For a young player with only 20 appearances in the Premier League there is an opportunity to improve.

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Without judging anyone, communication is so important for a coach.

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Jurgen Klopp is the perfect role model. He has won so much at Liverpool and for Borussia Dortmund but also he worked for a long period at Mainz 05.

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When you fulfil your dreams you don't count the hours of working. You just enjoy what you're doing.

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You have to believe in the unrealistic to do something extraordinary - to create a miracle.

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If you want to work as a head coach and to lead a group of people there is no option to feel sorry for yourself or to complain about fate conspiring against you.

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I never wanted to become a coach.

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Working as a head coach always seemed to be a bit short term. You lose five games and you're out of a job.

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In a small club you have to do everything: negotiate with the bus company, do all the contracts, all the press work, all the coaching work. It was really exhausting. There was very little time for other experiences and to see how other coaches work and how people work in different countries.

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You have to bring this ball over this line and into this rectangle. It is not like synchronised swimming, where you are judged by your unbelievably beautiful performance.

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You have to have a clear philosophy as a club, how you want to play, the work ethic, the atmosphere.

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I had a brilliant relationship with Thomas Tuchel. We spoke a lot, not only on the surface, but really deep about football and our work.

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