Quotes from Lothar Matthaus

I love Mbappe. He is so quick, carries the ball so fast, and can run the length of the pitch.

Every good German team has strong leadership in the side.

One day I'd like to show what I can do as a coach in Germany. But I won't bend over backwards for a job in the Bundesliga and lock myself in my house for 24 hours just to win other people's approval.

Competition is good for any player as long as they react the right way and use it as motivation.

Both Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic are classy players, top midfielders. They play for Real Madrid and Barcelona. That tells you everything.

As a player, you'd rather be up against Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern. Big clubs. Great atmosphere. Real excitement.

Niko Kovac had to understand the system inside Bayern, to realise that this is a very different club to Eintracht Frankfurt, where he was before.

Bundesliga matches are always exciting - with low ticket prices, standing terraces means all matches are played before the highest average attendances of any professional football league and creates a thrilling and breathtaking atmosphere.

I'm a cuddler; I like harmony.

I want to show people how I really am. Most people are only familiar with some of the headlines.

All my family worked for Puma. My mother worked there, and my father was the guy that opened and closed up in the evening. We lived in the neighbouring building - just a couple of steps, and I would be in the Puma factory. All 300 people that worked there knew me; it was my adventure playground. I knew everything, even how to make a shoe sole.

When I was a player, and since then, we have never been so snobbish as to go into a tournament saying, 'We will win this World Cup.' We aren't like that.

To speak of Mexico '86, I can make it short and speak only of Maradona. I never saw a player who dominated a World Cup like he did in '86.

Winning is the most important thing at a World Cup.

The best day of my career was probably winning the World Cup!

Bayern is always a team that can win the Champions League title in Europe.

People talk about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but you need an Iniesta to win the big titles.

I like football. It's fun winning the ball from someone. It's fun shooting at goal. It's fun hitting a ball over 60 metres that arrives. It's like in golf: if you hit a ball, and it flies and flies and flies, you enjoy it.

Ozil obviously has a lot of quality, but so does Sami Khedira as holding midfielder.

I live in Budapest and saw how the football helped the Hungarian people to be happy.

Iceland won't change. No matter who they play, they're 4-4-2.

I'm actually a very simple person. A very normal man.

I had a couple of severe injuries, and it's not easy to watch your team from a bed in a hospital!

I have always loved football! Of course, you have sometimes difficult times with injuries, defeats, etc., but this is part of the sport.