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Published 08:27 7 Oct 2015 BST
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On team spirit:
"You can speak about spirit, or you can live it. We took the team to a lake in Sweden where there was no electricity. We went for five days without food."
On fame:
"In extreme situations, you have to think fast. At one of my mates' stag parties, we all dressed up as Father Christmas - fully masked."
On Mario Gotze leaving to join Bayern:
On Hummels to United rumours:
"If that's not a bulls**t story, I'll eat my broomstick!"
On karaoke:
"I couldn't have been a rock star, although I do sing Country Road very loudly on the PlayStation."
On signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan:
On a team talk after a poor half:
"I told my players during the break: Since we're here anyway, we might actually play a bit of football."
On banning sex before games:
"My players sleep in double rooms the night before the match. I hope that nothing happens."
On competing with Bayern:
On finally overcoming Bayern:
"When Dortmund last won here 19 years ago, most of my players were still being breast-fed."
On Hummels being injured:
"We will wait for him like a good wife waiting for her husband who is in jail."
Finally, an inkling of what was to come:


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