Jurgen Klopp: 'What's important is the moment itself, the memory of being there'

There are many reasons why it took Jurgen Klopp no time to win over the supporters at Liverpool, from his relatable personality, to his infectious laugh, to his wild celebrations on the touchline. He's the type of guy with whom people would like to have a pint at the pub, discuss football over cigarettes, and listen to heavy metal.

Part of that likability obviously comes from his outlook on life.

In an e-book entitled "Reading the Game" that tells the story of Klopp's last season in charge at Borussia Dortmund and was published in English for the first time Thursday, the German tactician reveals that he lives for the moment, never paying too much attention to the past and what can't be changed.

"I've never given much thought to 'football' per se, but only to what I need more of - a bit more readiness to make runs, making pressing a bit more aggressive," Klopp says, according to Andy Hunter of the Guardian. "I never even dreamed of winning the league. Never. I could hardly believe my luck when they let me be the manager. That's just the way it was, and that's the way is still is, in fact. And then thanks to that we had the all-German Champions League final in 2013 ...."

After the interviewer, German novelist and dramatist Moritz Rinke, interjects and points out that Dortmund lost to Bayern Munich in that final, Klopp replies: "But I don't remember that as a missed opportunity to win a trophy, I don't think in those terms at all. Trophies and medals, they get put away somewhere in the clubhouse and you forget when exactly it was and who won which trophy when. What's important is the moment itself, the memory of being there at the game, that you were part of it. That's what it's all about! The experience!"