Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Joshua Kimmich
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German footballer Joshua Kimmich.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Normally you have more adrenaline and tension when you see 80,000 fans, screaming after every corner or chance. You have to push yourself and your teammates. Normally when there are fans you are focused just because of that. You feel mistakes more. Also you feel more if you score a goal.
It's really important for a young guy to have a coach who wants to improve you and believes in you.
My parents' garden is where I learned to play - and love - football. When I was little, only 4 or 5, I'd be out there with my dad, who taught me how to pass and shoot, first with my left foot and then with my right.
It's not that it doesn't matter to me where I play, but it's secondary.
Xavi was a big idol in my youth because he was smart in his head. He was not the biggest player because of his body length, but he was one of the greatest players because he was always smart in his mind. He had really good technique.
I know my weaknesses and work on them - especially when I'm not playing, I try to do more.
The only important thing is your performance. If you perform well, then you get the respect of your team-mates.
I grew up in the small German village of Bosingen, which is located between Black Forest and the state capital of Stuttgart. And when I say small, I mean small. In our village, there were no more than 1,700 people. And we all loved football, but there weren't a lot of places for us boys around town to play in.
When you're fit but you can't play, it's very hard, especially for the head, especially for a young player. But all you can do is train hard and give your best. Afterwards, it's the decision of the coach.
I learnt French in school and can already speak English.
As footballers we have a certain responsibility. We have the responsibility to talk about things.
For us players, it's good to learn and hear something new.
I'm not scared of any other player, but I normally know the quality of the others and try to be ready before the game. But I don't forget my own style to play soccer.
It's not easy to speak about your own performances.
I knew when I came here it wouldn't all be easy, that I wouldn't play every game. But my goal was to be a part of Bayern, to be a starter. I want to achieve things here.
There are a lot of players when I watch them playing I say, 'Amazing, I want to do like them.' But not to be like them - just some parts to copy. But always be myself and always play my own style.
I don't want to hide. I don't want to be focused just on defending, because I also have to be offensive and create opportunities for us.
There's seriously talented players who have been around for a long time, both in the national team and with Bayern, so there's always a danger of not playing so often.
We always want to win, even when we don't play very well.
Making a major contribution to Bayern is more important to me than a transfer abroad. Staying at Bayern is more tempting and more attractive to me.
It is very hard to win the World Cup twice in a row.
It's really different without the fans, because there is less atmosphere, no screaming after every corner or chance. But the positive is you can communicate with each other. You can speak with each other. You can hear what the coach is screaming on the touchline.
I always wanted to be me and not a Lahm clone or Lahm the second.
I just started playing football because it's fun for me, it's the best thing for me.
It was clear that it wouldn't always be plain sailing for me.
Every position is a bit different, but for a young player it's important to be able to play different positions, to see the game in a different view, to learn of every position. Because you need different skills, and it's perfect for a young player to develop.
I just know that it is strange if you win a game at the Allianz Arena and cannot celebrate with your fans.
I think before the kids, this was different - when I came home it was football, football, football all the time, every day. Now I have another balance in my life.
It's in me, since I was a child. I've always wanted to win every game. Not only in football, but in other things.
Normally you have more adrenaline, and more tension inside your body when you walk in and see the 80,000 fans screaming.
This is the most special thing at Bayern Munich. They won everything, but the players still want to win more.
At 14 I went to Stuttgart academy and it was a big dream. But I felt lonely. It also got hard later. At 18 I hoped to play in the second team but the club said I was not strong enough.
If I had a choice between playing and watching, then I would always decide to play each and every time.
Philipp is an absolute legend.
You can lose confidence when you're not in the rhythm.
It's always nice to play in new and big stadiums.
It's more emotional when there are fans.
In football, you have the chance to point things out and we should continue doing that.
It's a fact I don't want to leave Bayern Munich.
For me, it's all the time a big challenge to play against the best player of the opponent. I think only with this I can develop and grow for myself.
As a young player, you can't always have positives.
The stadium is always full at Bayern and it's really amazing.
My role model was always Xavi Hernandez from Barcelona.
I try to play my own style.
You have to go to the limit every day as a player, or others will take over.
It's not everything to be tall.
I'm happy to play in any position. I would not, however, be the perfect striker.
I would prefer to play left-wing, striker or even goalkeeper - any other position - rather than sitting on the bench as a central midfielder.
I want to impose myself at Bayern. I want become an important player for the club and for the team. I want to be a regular member of the side.
I always try to find the solution before I receive the ball. Afterwards, I have to control it and to pass it. But when you know before where you want to play then all the things went faster.
Both with Bayern and with the national team, I have a lot of teammates who have achieved a lot more than me - most of them are world champions, European champions or Champions League winners.
I'm getting better when I have a good opponent. And so I try to analyze my own game.
We as footballers, like with Sancho, have a lot of power to reach other people, to be role models and to say something. What we say to people outside gives us a big chance to make a statement.
It's my goal to establish myself at Bayern Munich.
My favorite position is in the center of the midfield, maybe the defensive midfield. I think I can play this position the best. I played there in my youth all the time, and I like to be in the center of the game because you're never standing still.
As a young boy, I had gone to a Bayern match with my father. I had never seen such a big stadium before, and it was overwhelming. Everything was so big, so loud.
I sometimes think about playing with my friends in our own little stadium in Bosingen, and about how I used to dream of fans cheering my name.
For me as a young player, it's great to have had a coach like Pep Guardiola and have coaches like Carlo Ancelotti and Jogi Low, because you get different impressions.
As a young player the most important thing besides having a very good coach is to play a lot because you improve that way.
It's not only conceivable, but it's my goal to stay at Bayern for a long time - under the assumption that I play.
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