Top 78 Quotes & Sayings by Mats Hummels
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German athlete Mats Hummels.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Insulting players and coaches and spitting on us is simply wrong. You cannot go out and walk around town and just start insulting people or spit at them either.
There will always be players injured or suspended.
If you win, you just enjoy it.
I'm definitely a fan of giving a German-speaking team a German-speaking coach.
I do not necessarily want to play for the best team in the world. I would prefer to win the Champions League with Dortmund than six with another club.
As soon as I heard of Common Goal I knew this was a chance for football to improve our world and I wanted to be part of it.
I can't say I am a Liverpool fan. I don't have a club in England. I just want Klopp to win. If he was coach of another team, I would support them.
If seven or eight players play offensively, then it's clear that the offensive force is greater than the defensive stability. That's what I often say internally.
I'm being completely honest. If you sit on the bench and the others win, then you will not really feel like part of the winning team.
Everyone knows how much I love it at Dortmund but I also want to make sure I'm part of a strong team with powerful players.
I realize in every year I don't win a title, I'm closer to retiring.
I played together with Lewandowski for many years, so I know a good striker when I see one.
We earn enough here in Dortmund.
I know how strong Klopp's teams are.
It is always easier to accept defeat when you were the weaker team.
If someone plays five good games in a row for the Bavarians, there is more talk about them being in the national team than of those who play five good games in a row for Dortmund or Wolfsburg or Bayer Leverkusen.
If one day I start thinking about playing abroad, money won't be the reason.
Basically... I think moving abroad would be good for my professional and personal well-being. Eventually, I'd like to leave the Bundesliga.
When the big clubs, and Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in the world, is interested in you, it's an honour and it's a kind of an acceptance of what you play - so it's a good thing.
For Zidane to say he's impressed - well, that's the greatest compliment! He was my role model, I just loved to see him play, and I used to try and imitate his moves when I was young. I think he was by far the best footballer of his generation.
I cheer for Klopp.
Low and I needed some time to get used to each other.
Some people may say wrong decisions belong in football, but if a final is decided in the 90th minute by a wrong decision, for me that is not a fair result.
In top form, Messi is the best footballer I have ever seen - period.
A video referee is useful for sure.
If a coach wants me to stay, then I think it's good that he doesn't just butter things up, but actually tells the truth.
Fans seemingly project their frustration and anger on the players and coaches. This results in insults and even in people spitting at us.
I believe that, in principle, it is easier to get into the national team if you perform well at Bayern, compared to what the benefits of playing for other clubs are.
For me personally, nothing ever changes. When I go out onto the pitch, I always want to win. All the other circumstances, whether we're favourites or underdogs, whether we're under pressure or not, doesn't make a big difference.
I was always proud, and still am, to wear the BVB jersey and to be part of this exceptional team.
I've never measured success in terms of trophies. I would never say, 'If I have never won the Champions League, I am not happy in life.'
Who would not like to play for Juve?
Training and playing are different things. I've noticed it. If you come in and you realise after six minutes that it is tiring, then that is a clear difference to training.
The first half of the 2014-15 season was a disaster for me in relation to my weight.
I am honoured by Juve's interest in my services.
Not everyone can win the European Championship.
After Euro 2012, I had very little holiday and almost no desire to play football. I was slipping into depression, from all the travelling.
Age gives you a feeling that you don't have forever to win.
Everybody can win things with 25 superstars in the squad.
The Champions League is a target for me in any case. I want to win this title.
I believe that Common Goal can make a real and lasting impact.
At the German FA, they don't like criticism.
We can't all play forever.
I don't think it's my duty to dismiss rumours which other people invent.
I think we need to start to punish time wasting more rigorously, for example with more additional time or earlier yellow cards.
I feel we could be doing more to connect the increasing revenues in football to some kind of deeper purpose. This is what struck me about Common Goal. Through the one percent pledge, we are building a bridge between football and social impact around the world.
In Germany, too many clubs are too scared of Bayern, both on and off the pitch.
Some days I think I would definitely like to move abroad but then, other days, I think I don't fancy it at all.
You don't often find a team where people are really friends with each other.
I am convinced Klopp can win the league at Liverpool. He has shown he doesn't need the biggest transfer budget or the biggest name to win the biggest trophies.
Nobody thought that I could become a professional. I was not that good. It was really just one thing I had fun doing. But it was never realistic for me to become a professional until I became 17 or maybe 18.
There will always be someone who can pay more than BVB. But Dortmund have made a lot of progress during my time here.
Sometimes you can get into a fight but you know everything the next day will be okay.
I tend to comfort eat when I am frustrated.
When I end my career, I don't need to win eight championships, I'd rather have done something special.
At the end of the day, everyone is repsonsible for their own contracts. Nobody forced us to sign them.
I am not the kind of person who always hopes for the easiest opponent.
I rather win one championship as a key player than four championships as a part-time player.
If you are a player and you don't really retire by yourself there should still be an opportunity to qualify for the national team.
It's difficult to win trophies with Dortmund but it's always possible. And when it happens, the feeling is simply indescribable.
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