Top 44 Mats Hummels Quotes

I have always said that the BVB style is exactly how I want to play football.

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.

In top form, Messi is the best footballer I have ever seen – period.

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 Spanish and the English leagues are the strongest.

I realize in every year I don’t win a title, I’m closer to retiring.

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.

There will always be someone who can pay more than BVB. But Dortmund have made a lot of progress during my time here.

With Ronaldo, I think I’ve identified a few patterns; there are certain striking things. I will try to utilise this knowledge to my advantage.

It is always easier to accept defeat when you were the weaker team.

I don’t think it’s my duty to dismiss rumours which other people invent.

I am not the kind of person who always hopes for the easiest opponent.

We can’t all play forever.

I am not really known as a globetrotter.

I’m definitely a fan of giving a German-speaking team a German-speaking coach.

Some days I think I would definitely like to move abroad but then, other days, I think I don’t fancy it at all.

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.

You often got the feeling that teams had already given up before the game against Bayern had started.

I cheer for Klopp.

Everybody can win things with 25 superstars in the squad.

I am honoured by Juve’s interest in my services.

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.

I watch all our games again at home and I know when I have made a mistake and when I haven’t.

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.

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.

At the end of the day, everyone is repsonsible for their own contracts. Nobody forced us to sign them.

Loyalty is important to me.

Basically… I think moving abroad would be good for my professional and personal well-being. Eventually, I’d like to leave the Bundesliga.

The Champions League is a target for me in any case. I want to win this title.

If one day I start thinking about playing abroad, money won’t be the reason.

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.

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.

We earn enough here in Dortmund.

A video referee is useful for sure.

It’s difficult to win trophies with Dortmund but it’s always possible. And when it happens, the feeling is simply indescribable.

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.

Anything is possible in football.

There will always be players injured or suspended.

The first half of the 2014-15 season was a disaster for me in relation to my weight.

When I end my career, I don’t need to win eight championships, I’d rather have done something special.

You can only become world champions if you work as a team.

Age gives you a feeling that you don’t have forever to win.

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.

Fans seemingly project their frustration and anger on the players and coaches. This results in insults and even in people spitting at us.