Mats Hummels Quotes

I always come out playing like I'm the underdog on the court. I never want anyone to catch up to me; that's just how I look at it.

The mentality of always wanting to win everything is in FC Bayern's DNA.

I think, when I'm on the court, I become with a killer instinct - a real Scorpio.

I'm the type of player, once I get in there, I'm locked in. I'm trying to win.

If the play is drawn up for me, you better believe I'm going to go and try to win the game.

The U.S.A. have a 'football arrogance,' which means winning is in their DNA - nothing else is good enough.

I'm never satisfied until I win all the games and have an ERA of 0.00.

When we play a team I know we're going to blow out or anything like that, I'm not as motivated.

People used to talk to me about that and say, 'Rom doesn't play with passion.' I do, but I don't show it too much because in my mind, I'm a guy that thinks a lot about how to win the game. Sometimes I let the emotions just come now, and it helps me.

To be able to have winning in your blood growing up, whether it was pounding my little brother or trying to beat my dad in something, or just competing on teams with my friends, it was nonstop.

I'm not sure I've ever been around anybody that wanted to win more or worked harder than Michael Jordan.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose. So when you think about that, you're always motivated to, 'I don't want to lose the next game. I don't want to lose the next game.'

I play this game to win. I never in my life played to lose. I don't know what that feels like. I don't play like that.

Each game we play, every game is a championship-game mindset.

My motivation is like it is always, try to be the best and try to win, that is part of my character.

When I do something, I want to win. If I lose, I feel bad.

I think preparing every week like it's the most important game in the world makes things a little easier once you get in situations where a lot more people are watching and it might be a lot more important for people outside of the building.

A lot of guys kind of get complacent with how they do in one game, but I just want to compete. So every game I play in, it's a brand new beginning for me.

I have a street mind. My whole mindset when I first got to the NBA was, 'I'm bringing that street to the game,' and, 'I'm going to be the hardest guy on the court; I'm going to be the hardest guy on the planet.'

I'm a guy that loves to win. There's nothing else to me but the feeling of winning.

Winning was everything to me. I hated to lose.

It's very important for the mentality of the players to always try to be a winner, to try to win as many titles and games as you can.

I want to win games; I don't want to lose games.

Some might say friendlies are unimportant, but we always try to win because we then maintain that positive mentality when the real competitions start.