MATS HUMMELS

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.'

There will always be players injured or suspended.

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.

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.

I tend to comfort eat when I am frustrated.

Sometimes you can get into a fight but you know everything the next day will be okay.

At the German FA, they don't like criticism.

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

The Spanish and the English leagues are the strongest.

There will always be someone who can pay more than BVB. But Dortmund have made a lot of progress during my time here.

We earn enough here in Dortmund.

I am not really known as a globetrotter.

I know how strong Klopp's teams are.

If one day I start thinking about playing abroad, money won't be the reason.

Everybody can win things with 25 superstars in the squad.

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.

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.

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.

If you win, you just enjoy it.

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

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

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

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.

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.