Philipp Lahm Quotes

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

Every immortal except Jack Nicklaus has hit a wall and stopped making putts he had to make in order to win. Jack did it for 20 years.

I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.

That's what I want to do, to go out and perform back to the levels I know I'm capable of, the levels you can produce with consistent games and to win football matches.

Anytime you win 10 games, let's look around the world, the country, and there's not a lot that do it consistently.

There's no other player that's playing basketball on this earth that has accomplished some of the things I've accomplished, and it's all through showing love and winning championships.

I can dominate a game at any point.

I won 21 titles in seven years: three titles per year playing in this way. I'm sorry, guys. I'm not going to change.

That's what defines the best athletes: being capable of showing up year after year at the highest level.

The goals is to create a really high 'floor' for this organization, where the 'off' years are years where you might win in the high-80s and sneak a division or a wild card or win 90 games and get in and find a way to win in October. And the great years, you win 103 and win the whole thing.

If you're on the top for 10 years it's going to seem like you have more crashes that someone on the top for three years. If you don't win as much in your ninth or 10th year it's going seem like you are on your way out.

I don't think being undefeated is going to determine my greatness.

Sometimes fans... they want more and more and more, and they think you win a national championship every year. It doesn't work that way.

In the Premier League, you always have to be at your best. You get forced to get the best out of yourself.

If you look across my career, whether it be mixed martial arts or wrestling, it's very, very, very rare that I lose to someone that I'm not supposed to.

I feel like a lot of my fans hold high expectations of me when it comes to inside the Octagon - not so much outside of the Octagon - but I feel like most of my performances are pretty dominant, so I don't feel like I have the luxury to not perform in an extremely impressive fashion.

How can you be a giant of the sport when you are not consistent?

I was a fan myself, and I know what it's like. If someone comes out of the blocks and scores 31 goals in one season, then you think, 'OK, was that a one-off, or will he do it again?'

My whole thing is that I make music regardless. Regardless of everything around me, I'll always make music.

Real Madrid go for everything right from the start of the season. They always fight for the three competitions.

It is a big title to win, but in the Champions League, you don't need to have the consistency that you need in the league.

Championship caliber teams don't lose two in a row and they damn sure don't lose three in a row.

Anybody plays a good match, you can beat anybody on a given day.

If you want to be in front of Bayern, you have to play a perfect season.

One of the biggest things I've worked on is how to play my best tennis every single time I walk on to the court.