“Giving your absolute everything is your guarantee you get anything. It’s just the only chance to get something.” – Jurgen Klopp
As a student of leadership I am always looking for new avenues of learning. I believe I have found an excellent resource in European soccer or futbol as it is called. As a result, for Christmas I am giving myself the gift of leadership Europe’s greatest coaches.
Two books I will be reading in January are Believe Us: How Jürgen Klopp transformed Liverpool into title winners and At the End of the Storm: Stories from Liverpool’s Historic Title Win. Like many of the books I read, I have a deep fascination with how great organizations are built.
To get a picture of Klopp’s leadership style and wisdom watch the video above. It is a clinic on leading at the highest level. Many of his quotes are some of the most insightful comments I have read in a long time.
The following are 15 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Liverpool FC’s Jurgen Klopp I captured from the video above:
- “It’s not so important what people think when you come in. It’s much more important what people feel when you leave.”
- “We are not alone on this planet and we should not be alone in a futbol stadium.” – Klopp on thanking the crowd
- “The only reason for a defeat is to learn from it. If you learn from it, it’s just a result. If you don’t learn from it, it’s a disaster.”
- “(Losing) We will learn from this experience and we will come back stronger.” – Losing to Manchester United on August 15, 2015
- “I didn’t suffer too much after we lost. I suffered but I just took it as information and it’s just more information which we all use to carry on.”
- “Qualifying for a final is just like all parts of life – it’s a message of achievement.”
- “I’m just concerned about the next game we play and it’s not about any trophy we won or any trophy we lost. You try everything. You get something or nothing and then you try again and give absolutely everything to make the next thing happen.”
- “It’s not about having a philosophy. It’s about adapting to the quality of the opponent.”
- “The higher you climb performance-wise, the more likely it gets you’ll have a stressful conclusion of the season.”
- “Fubol on the highest intensity, on the highest level, when passion meets up with technique, is the best thing futbol can deliver. Competitiveness is just a joy to watch. Utilizing all the things we’ve learned over the years for a specific moment is just nice.”
- “These games (qualifiers) are signs of the new level we can reach.”
- “If you want to challenge for the holy grail, you have to be nearly perfect.”
- “Giving your absolute everything is your guarantee you get anything. It’s just the only chance to get something.”
- “This is the moment (holding up the trophy) everyone involved, and I mean everyone involved, gets the maximum reward for their investment. It’s what I enjoy 100%. I love watching everyone else carrying it.”
- “There’s some work to do. If we all stay healthy, if we all stay committed, if we all keep believing, if we all keep dreaming, then I think we have a chance. And that’s OK because you never have more than a chance.”
What is one thing you learned from Coach Klopp which will help you lead at a higher level?
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