Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Joshua Kimmich - Page 2

Obviously Schweinsteiger is a great role model for me.

I don't care in which position I play so long as I am in the team.

My favourite position is in the midfield. I think I can play to my strengths there. I can communicate with every player. I'm more in the game, because as a right-back you have to stay on one side and you're not always in the game for 90 minutes. So I prefer the centre midfield position.

You have always to keep up your performances and, at the same time, you can learn new approaches.

I don't only defend.

It's why you become a footballer, so you can play against the best in the Champions League.

Praise is great, but it's also an incentive.

I want to be Joshua Kimmich and not Philipp Lahm 2.0.

You can see that mistakes in the Bundesliga are punished harshly and that we can have problems against every opponent if we don't play at the limit - even if it is the bottom of the table.

You can always learn lessons.

Here in Germany, we have emotional players, too.

All that matters to me is playing.

When I came to Bayern, I was a second-division player. For me it was a new world.

I'm obviously aware that Germany's head-to-head record with Italy is not particularly positive. I myself have memories from a few previous encounters. I was 11 years old for the 2006 disappointment and the 2012 match is obviously much fresher in my memory.

I played many positions under Guardiola. That helps to see the game from a different perspective, you learn more.

I am a national player myself and I know how special it is to play for Germany.

I'm not shy about speaking up.

I played at RB Leipzig from 2013 to 2015, and my coach was Alexander Zorniger. He was a coach who was very focused on the details. He did a lot of analytics and we were focused at Leipzig on the play against the ball.

I want to create chances and also maybe score.

It's hard to comprehend beating Barcelona 8-2.

Bayern could buy any No. 6 in the world, so that they want me is a great honour.

Mr. Guardiola has already told me what he likes about me.

You've got to have self-confidence that you're going to make it at Bayern and I have that self-confidence.

I responded and anticipated faster than other players. I was not the fastest, but my passing, speed of thought and the ability to anticipate were my strengths.

If I have something to say then I am prepared to speak to my teammates about it.

In football, it is normal that coaches and players change. There is always a new environment and you have to prove yourself again and again.

Normally when there are fans you are focused just because of that, because you know when you're going to make a mistake, everybody is like, 'Whoa,' you feel this mistake more. Also, you feel more if you score a goal. It's more emotional when there are fans.

Bayern are the perfect club for me.

I know what it's like to sit on the bench.

Philipp is one of the best outside backs in the world, and has proved this over many years - how well he can perform on the right side.

At RB Leipzig at first I was 18 years old. I was the youngest player in the squad and so at first it wasn't easy because I came there with an injury.

I only know Bayern with Thomas Muller. Without him the club would not be where it is now. It's the case that when he comes on he always plays well.

Even in my youth, my speed of thought was better than others' in some situations.

I would like to have Leroy at Bayern, that would send the right message. He is a player who would be a good fit at Bayern. I think he is a very good player.

I took a risk by joining Bayern.

Every kid who plays football dreams of appearing in the Bundesliga one day.

At FC Bayern, you know that, every year, you have to compete for titles - but, on the other hand, there is a possibility of stagnating at Bayern if you do not get the chances to play.

It is an option and I would like to take part in the Olympics.

In every game I want to perform well, not for me but for the team.

Neymar is not that old but he's not my age. Paul Pogba is two years older than me and Paulo Dybala I think is one year older than me.