Quotes from Mats Hummels

I rather win one championship as a key player than four championships as a part-time player.

I don't know anyone who is more self-critical than me.

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.

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.

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

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 a general rule I don't have to play in the Champions League to be happy.

Not everyone can win the European Championship.

I cheer for Klopp.

Everybody can win things with 25 superstars in the squad.

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

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

There will always be players injured or suspended.

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

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

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.

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.

I always judge what gives me the most fun and not where a better, more expensive team is.

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

I tend to comfort eat when I am frustrated.

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 German FA, they don't like criticism.

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.