Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Philipp Lahm - Page 2

Things can happen very quickly in football.

What is a Fuhrungsspieler? I don't like the term. For me there is not a clear definition of the term.

Except for two years in Stuttgart, I have always worn the FCB jersey.

Any business or club has to have a hierarchy. Everybody needs to know and understand his role in the overall structure. Bayern Munich is no different.

When I think back to the 2006 World Cup on home soil, we came close but nobody really expected us to get very far. We simply lost to a better team and Italy went on to win it.

I had a very interesting and exciting life as a footballer, for which I am grateful.

If you don't score when you have chances then things start to get difficult.

My first club was FT Gern. I joined through my parents and friends. My father played for them and a friend from nursery school took me to training once. I was five at the time.

Scoring first changes everything. It makes everything easier for us.

It is something special when you play a final at home in your own stadium.

I'm from Munich. I was born here in this town.

Why was Effenberg a leader, because he was outspoken? Or because he had a certain presence on the pitch? When that's the criteria, OK, then maybe I have a different definition of what a leader is.

We can never achieve perfect football at Bayern because the game is always changing. There are always new influences and different styles.

Was Effenberg a leader because he projected presence or because he had a presence? There is a difference.

I'll remember my first league title, my first cup, the Champions League. But also the defeats - that's also part of football.

Every single player has to take responsibility for what they do. Look at the Manchester United team that won the Champions League in 2008, they didn't have a 'leader' like Roy Keane any more.

The Champions League is such a tough competition.

I've always said that there will never be an area that I know better than football.

Germans have a rich history of playing well in the World Cup.

Pep is a super coach! He is excellent. He is the best at analysing an opponent and the concept of a game. I don't know what impact he had on German football, but he left a mark on all of us at Bayern because of how he analysed and educated the players in each position and the way he taught us to play.

The most important thing is that we play as a team. It means to attack together but to defend together as well.

Anybody who has played with Mesut will tell you how intelligent he is as a player. His vision is probably the best I have ever seen and that is why it is so important to have the right striker ahead of him.

Always being champion, always being at the top every three days, playing great football - it's not that easy.

I experienced how Pep Guardiola worked every day. He had football on his mind round the clock: 'What system does the opponent like to play? How do I want to set up my team, who do I want in which position?'

History shows that it is incredibly tough for a defender to be named Footballer of the Year because over the course of a year there is normally always a forward who steals the headlines up front.

I think that it is advantageous to join Bayern Munich at a young age.

If you want to measure yourself with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United, you, as Bayern Munich, need a philosophy. That must be the aim of the club.

Anyone who knows me knows that I stick with my decisions.

Many great teams have players who have come through the youth system or have been at the club for a long time as their captains. I'm thinking of Steven Gerrard at Liverpool, John Terry at Chelsea, Raul at Real Madrid, as well as Puyol at Barcelona and Gary Neville at Man United.

The key is developing your game in both directions: in the build-up, joining the attack at the right moment and also in defence. You have to win the one-on-one situations and need the required pace and technique. These are the decisive factors for a defender.

Both football and business are part of my life.

Being Bayern captain feels good and I think it's logical a player from Munich should lead FC Bayern on to the pitch.

We know South Americans are impulsive and temperamental and cannot lose.

I last played in Dubai in the summer of 2009 and it was still over 40 degrees in the evening. It was extremely exhausting and absolute madness.

I joined Bayern at the age of 11, and from then on it was all about being up to the competition. It doesn't matter who you face, you are always the favorite. You learn this at a young age. And this continues throughout your career at Bayern Munich, you are always the favorite or one of the favorites in every competition you are involved in.

My first goal was to become a professional footballer.

Bayern Munich is an attractive club because it has been successful for many decades.

Clubs like Manchester United or Barcelona have a system, and then you hire personnel who fit this system.

I've always said I prefer playing on the right. But I can play at a top level on both sides so I'm happy to play wherever the manager thinks it will bringing the team success.

I have always enjoyed thinking about playing patterns and I will undoubtedly continue to do so in front of the TV but to become a coach, to be thorough in football at all times, to prepare matches and training... I cannot imagine that I would find pleasure there and pleasure is essential in football.

They're fighting for the championship, that's not a coincidence: I believe they have developed as a team. They've become much stronger, the squad is more balanced. And they still play the way Arsenal always play. They want to have the ball, they like playing it short, and they have outstanding individuals.

The most essential quality in the game is passion

Whether we have the best individual players doesnt matter, you have to have the best team