Quotes

I was very overweight as a child. I was completely dedicated to my passion and spent hours in the kitchen every day. And every time an employee ate, I ate as well, up to eight meals a day. In addition to that, our restaurant was the first in our town in North Rhine-Westphalia to serve Coca Cola. This meant I often drank way too much coke and not enough milk. So, up until I was 16, I consumed way too much sugar. This will agglutinate your organs one day. My bones and joints suffer from this kind of malnutrition.

Generally, I am always trying to offer the players dishes that are typical for the region we are currently staying in.

No, [I don't chastise Joachim Löw when I see him smoking], I am, to be honest, a man of pleasure as well and smoke every now and again. In moderation, cigarettes are not a problem, they just never should become an addiction.

Generally, [currywurst with french fries and half a liter of beer is] not a bad meal. I quite like being provoking. Naturally, a lot of of people who know me as an advocate of a healthy diet went to the barricades because of this [his currywurst restaurant chain "Curry 73"].