The Bosnian is unbeaten in his last 23 matches in charge of the Elephants, who have not lost a competitive game since he took over in 2008, but he still feels a lot of pressure.
"After we drew 0-0 against Burkina Faso, I had the feeling people were looking at me like I was a terrorist," he said before a training session in Cabinda where his team face Algeria in an African Nations Cup quarter-final on Sunday.
Asked when his contract with World Cup-bound Ivory Coast expires, he said: "In Africa, there is no such thing as a contract. You lose one game and you're fired.
"The problem with African teams is that they don't trust the coaches, so it is hard to achieve something over a long cycle," he added.
"If you win, the coach doesn't exist. The praise goes to the players or the officials."
"Usually, when you start with a team you gather the players and tell them what the rules are going to be. They all say 'yes, yes, yes' but in fact it's 'no, no, no'," he explained.
"With Ivory Coast the players themselves asked for those rules and we now have an internal code. Everyone abides by it.
"But, of course, it's not always easy."
