Quotes from Mats Hummels

Saying goodbye to Dortmund was difficult for me of course.

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

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.

I believe that Common Goal can make a real and lasting impact.

Some people may say wrong decisions belong in football, but if a final is decided in the 90th minute by a wrong decision, for me that is not a fair result.

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

I was always proud, and still am, to wear the BVB jersey and to be part of this exceptional team.

I think we need to start to punish time wasting more rigorously, for example with more additional time or earlier yellow cards.

After Euro 2012, I had very little holiday and almost no desire to play football. I was slipping into depression, from all the travelling.

I've never measured success in terms of trophies. I would never say, 'If I have never won the Champions League, I am not happy in life.'

I am convinced Klopp can win the league at Liverpool. He has shown he doesn't need the biggest transfer budget or the biggest name to win the biggest trophies.

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

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

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

Fundamentally, England, Spain and Germany were the relevant leagues I could see myself playing football in.

Insulting players and coaches and spitting on us is simply wrong. You cannot go out and walk around town and just start insulting people or spit at them either.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

I don't really notice the loss of one kilogram when I run, but I do when it's more than one.

In Germany, too many clubs are too scared of Bayern, both on and off the pitch.