No matter how big and successful you are in your professional career you always want to be rich in goodwill than titles, this is a dream of every player and manager but only few of them could successfully achieve this goal. Like, in case of German side Bayern Munich and its head coach Pep Guardiola, they ruled the domestic league last year and Guardiola helped his side win its twenty-fifth title which is an unprecedented feat for now. Although, Spanish’s contract with German giants has one year left yet 44-year-old is in no mood to forgo the respect that he can earn while doing his job honestly. If we scan the contemporary soccer almost everyone wants to do this but when it comes to actually scarify something for it, everyone just run after titles. In case of Spanish mentor, both hold true: he is earning respect along with titles therefore he is over cloud nine these days after his side’s brilliant show in both Bundesliga and Champions League. Talking about his career goal, Guardiola said while speaking at a charity event in Barcelona, “I do all I am doing in my life to be loved. My ambition is not to win titles. I am looking for love, nothing more. I read in an article by an American educationalist that a child won’t learn if it does not feel empathy with the teacher. I try to use that in my work.
“Often a player feels bad because he thinks the coach does not like him and not because he is not playing. I had a great player once who did not score. We went to a cafe together to talk. Not about football but about life. In the next match, this player scored two of our four goals. He felt special because he felt loved.”
If we look at what he is talking about, it could be the lifetime mantra of success for every mentor who ever came in pressure since everything depends upon how you interact with your teammates during crucial moments and win their confidence. Adding if club president Franz Beckenbauer would offer him an extension post 2016 when his contract expires, he said, “It could be a nice challenge for him to build a new squad. The team will be completely different within the next couple of years. This transition will be made on the highest level, with a lot of spending money.”