Top 60 Joshua Kimmich Quotes

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

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.

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

I try to play my own style.

It’s more emotional when there are fans.

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

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.

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

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.

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

This is the most special thing at Bayern Munich. They won everything, but the players still want to win more.

For us players, it’s good to learn and hear something new.

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.

You have to go to the limit every day as a player, or others will take over.

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.

My role model was always Xavi Hernandez from Barcelona.

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 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 my goal to establish myself at Bayern Munich.

Philipp is an absolute legend.

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

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

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.

You can lose confidence when you’re not in the rhythm.

I’m getting better when I have a good opponent. And so I try to analyze my own game.

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.

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.

It’s not everything to be tall.

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

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.

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’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.

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.

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

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.

If I had a choice between playing and watching, then I would always decide to play each and every time.

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.

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 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.

It is very hard to win the World Cup twice in a row.

The stadium is always full at Bayern and it’s really amazing.

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.

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.

It’s always nice to play in new and big stadiums.

In football, you have the chance to point things out and we should continue doing that.

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.

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 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.

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

I learnt French in school and can already speak English.

It’s not that it doesn’t matter to me where I play, but it’s secondary.

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.

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.

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

I just know that it is strange if you win a game at the Allianz Arena and cannot celebrate with your fans.

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.

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.

As footballers we have a certain responsibility. We have the responsibility to talk about things.

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

I took a risk by joining Bayern.