The best Quotes by Bastian Schweinsteiger

The first match against Japan is good to get into the tournament. Costa Rica's probably gonna be next. Spain is very tough, we'll compete with them about winning the group.

I will be finishing my active career at the end of this season. I will remain faithful to football. Many, many thanks for the time we spent together, I will always have a place for you in my heart!

My wish is that soccer in the U.S. become on the same level like the Premier League, Spanish league, or the Bundesliga.

I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.

In Munich, we play to win.

When you sign with Bayern Munich, the contract says that you have to win the German Championship.

Bayern Munich's crowning achievement came with a 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon. Kingsley Coman, a Parisian and former PSG prospect, scored early in the second half. Manuel Neuer, the brilliant goalkeeper, made sure the lead stood up.

Winning against Bayern Munich can't be anticipated, that makes them extra special.

Serge Gnabry's double sinks Lyon. The Bayern Munich juggernaut rolls on. He made the difference to set up a mouthwatering final with Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday and leave Hansi Flick dreaming of the perfect finale to his debut season as the Bayern manager.

What am I supposed to say about that? I'm a goalkeeper.

There's no team in the whole world, that drives to Munich and thinks: "We're gonna win this for sure."

FC Bayern is a great club, one of the best in the world, and it's enormous motivation for me to now play alongside these extraordinary players in a team. I know that this club, this team lives for titles and wins titles every year. I'm also driven by the hunger for success. I'll give my best for FC Bayern.

We're playing in this very, very cool arena where Bayern Munich plays, kind of the country's top soccer team, and it looks amazing in pictures. The chance to go across to another country, play a sport that I love... there's 3 million ticket requests for 67,000 seats. So the place is gonna be rocking and if it's anything like what I see in those German Bundesliga games this is gonna be one of the most epic games that we've ever played in. So I'm super excited.

It's harder to defend the Champions League than to win it, because everyone is chasing FC Bayern right now. We're currently seen as the best team in the world - that means we're the team everyone wants to beat.

Bayern Munich is a football club not Amnesty International.

My target is simple. One of my biggest dream is to win all the titles. When you play for Bayern Munich, you have to win titles.

All taxi drivers in Manchester are City fans. When you want to go to United, they'll drive you out in the sticks and dump you there.

My return to Old Trafford was just a brief reminder of why this stadium is known as the Theater of Dreams.

At the end of this game, the European Cup will be only six feet away from you, and you'll not even able to touch it if we lose. And for many of you, that will be the closest you will ever get. Don't you dare come back in here without giving your all.

I thought I was joining Manchester United. I was mislead by all involved. I wasn't aware there was another Manchester club.

My problem at Manchester was the coach. Van Gaal was the worst of my career. I would score, assist, and the next day he would show me my misplaced passes.

There have always been strong teams at Manchester United. But this one is the strongest.

My first Cup, my first call to the Portuguese National team, my first Champions League, my first Golden Boot and my first Ballon d'Or, they were all born from this special connection between me and the Red Devils. History has been written in the past and history will be written once again! You have my word!

I love Manchester United. It's great there, they support me a lot. I'm very good here at Madrid, but in the future, nobody knows. Let's see what's gonna happen.

I will be world champion, my love. It is written. And I will score a goal.

It's crazy that it has happened this way. I wanted it very much. I knew God was going to give it to me, I sensed it was going to be this.

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

The heart can be tough to change, but the mind can be tough to persuade.

You can never be wise and be in love at the same time.

I don't think about money when I make these kinds of decisions. I play for the love of the game. I loved the feeling I got from Real Madrid.

I think he's a really good talent, really promising talent. I think if you meet the boy as well, an excellent boy - very humble, he's got his feet firmly on the ground, which is the most important thing for a young player. And I think he's got the world at his feet as long as he can stay focussed.

I want to finish with dignity so in a good club. It doesn't mean that to go USA or Qatar or Dubai is not good but I don't see myself there.

We want to win this World Cup. The group is very strong. And I want to take this opportunity to stop the talking about me. Stop asking other players about me. You can ask them questions about the World Cup and their expectations.

We know about the strength of the French players and are respectful. I think they feel the same way.

Strong teams have lost in Frankfurt - and so did we.

Since I left France, everything has gone downhill. France needs me, I don't need France. Even if you have Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, it doesn't help you because you don't have God.

This is for Mino Raiola. It's the first title I have won without Mino by my side. I was close to signing for Napoli, then he told me that I was the only one who could save Milan. So I dedicate it to him.

I'm truly saddened by the death of Her Majesty, The Queen. What an outpouring of love and respect we saw for the Platinum Jubilee for her life of service. How devastated we all feel today shows what she has meant to people in this country and around the world.

In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but for me, my greatest achievement is my children and my family. It's about being a good father, a good husband, just being connected to family as much as possible.

We have to accept the quality of the opponent, this is maybe the most dangerous attacking side at the moment in Europe.

I say that the top players are the ones who work hardest. They are the easiest to handle - they know what it takes to stay at the best level.

I have dreamed of this. This is a historic night for this club and for me, this is my first European title. I will remember this for all my life.

We'll be waiting for him like a wife, waiting for her husband to be released from prison.

Ed Sheeran did what I haven't seen too often before: Make people smile when leaving the Schalke Arena.

If Barcelona was a German club, they'd be a case for a liquidator.

The Real Madrid shirt is white. It can stain of mud, sweat and even of blood, but never of shame.

We've had many good players through the history of the club at Bayer Leverkusen, but Kai Havertz is one of the best.