Lothar Matthaus Quotes

My main focus was to be a great teammate. That's all I hoped to accomplish. I don't really care about legacies.

I celebrate my teammates' plays more than I celebrate my plays.

I try to be a team guy and I try to help the team in whatever way that I can.

You don't want to bring attention to yourself; you want to bring attention to the team.

I'm a team player. I will do anything for the team.

There can be a lot done if you are not so particular about who gets credit for it.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

I'm just trying to be the best teammate I can possibly be.

I prefer the feeling of helping the team rather than shining above it.

I'm all about assists; I'm not really greedy.

What I don't want to be is the most important person of the club. If we win a game, it was the players who played very well.

Basketball is the opposite of selfishness, basketball is solely about giving and sharing and caring for one another.

I'm a team-first guy.

I just need to be a good teammate if I don't get looks.

I was never focused on winning individual awards. I just tried to help the team out and do all that I could do.

I'll play wherever I can help the team.

For me, the team always comes first, and without the help of my colleagues, I am nothing.

I'm not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

Football is such a team sport, so no one individual does it. No one coach or no one assistant coach or no one player, it's a great team sport, so I don't get carried away with a bunch of accolades.

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

I took a back seat and did whatever it took for the team to win.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit.