Mats Hummels Quotes

What one does in one's club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.

If you play well at club level, then, you deserve an invitation for the national team. That's the way it goes.

My first aim is to play well for my club, Manchester City. If I do, I am sure that will come to the attention of the national manager.

If I do well at Chelsea, then the national team will take care of itself.

Everybody who has ever played for Bayern knows how good this club is for its players. We are all grateful to be playing for Bayern.

If someone plays five good games in a row for the Bavarians, there is more talk about them being in the national team than of those who play five good games in a row for Dortmund or Wolfsburg or Bayer Leverkusen.

Any player who is in a national team is their because he deserves to be.

I made a conscious decision to join Bayern because of the presence of Guardiola.

Every player wants to be there in the national team.

This is the Italian national team; there's no need to give caps away. If the coach calls up certain players, it's because he's convinced they can give a big hand, and that's why I'm here.

It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm systems and then execution on the field by the players. There are a lot of components to that (other) than just saying it is the highest salary.

To be called up to the national team is what you want.

The most important thing is that Spain have a good team no matter who plays. It is always nice to see your name spoken but the important thing is that the national team does well. But having good players for every position is important because there are always injuries, drops of form.

My main aim is to finish as high up the top of the Premier League as possible. I have the ability to help teams survive.

Being at Manchester United is a great way to play at the highest level and win trophies with a team that is very closely knitted together.

There's a reason the Panthers have been successful over the years and Cam Newton's a big factor in that equation. He does a great job.

I want to be a top scorer with my national team.

Any football club that is any good is down to the manager more than anything else.

It's very difficult to predict a team's competitiveness.

I think that the problem for any player you want to select for England, not just in isolation, is that it'll be a concern if that player doesn't play for his team.

I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.

It is a very, very difficult thing to get into the Brazil national team, so when you achieve that, it makes you really happy, and you want it to continue for as long as possible.

Every player that comes at Juventus becomes better; every player that comes wins trophies.

There are no reasons why I should leave Bayern. I had a very good first season, have made my contribution to titles and I have felt very comfortable here from the beginning.

If I can win matches for the team, that will automatically help me personally.