Andre Schurrle Quotes

If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.

When I left the U.S., I sort of left that frustration and that pressure to make the national team behind me.

Many American players - Paul Caligiuri, Claudio Reyna, Eric Wynalda, Kasey Keller, Tony Sanneh, Michael Bradley and Steve Cherundolo, just a partial list - have sought the income and challenge of Germany.

A World Cup is always a bit of a watershed for teams, so there will be new faces and players given the chance to perform at a higher level.

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.

I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I'm going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.

You can go anywhere in the Premier League and it's going to be tough. Every single game is so tough. So I think if you make it, and you're lucky enough to play in the Premier League, I don't think there's a need to go anywhere.

When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until we have a league that produces players at the rate other leagues around the world do, I don't believe we'll ever get to where we want to be.

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.

Toni Kroos leaving the German national team would hurt me very much.

I think - I hope - that we're going to be able to build something here with U.S. Soccer, where it's not just going to be about one lost match or one lost cycle or one lost team. It's going to be about an entire country rallying around an entire sport in a way that lasts.

One of my dreams is to lift a title with Spain. I lifted titles in the past that did not feel like mine.

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.

Every player who plays at Bayern Munich knows that Bayern Munich is a particularly special club. Whenever we lose, then it is lashed onto almost immediately by the media, regardless whether it is a friendly or losing the away game in a Champions League tie 1-0.

It's not easy anywhere in the world for a young player to get opportunities at a big club.

My relationship with the national squad is a separate thing; I've always been lucky in that, for Argentina, I've always performed well, independently of what's been going on at any club.

Every championship that Brazil participates, we have the responsibility to win - every time. So when we don't win, it's considered as a failure.

As long as Didier Deschamps is coach, I have no chance of getting back into the France team.

I wouldn't say I play better for England, but my goals-per-game ratio is definitely better.

I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn't? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.

With Bayern Munich, we had a lot of problems against Dortmund, always.

You go around the world, and you say, 'I'm the top scorer for the Argentina national team.' I liked that.

Germany are extremely fast and strong.

The Bundesliga is a lucrative league, and in Germany, the best club is Bayern, and I wanted to play for the best club in Germany.

For Spain, the more I play, the more goals I score, the more chance I have of making the World Cup and starting games.