Lothar Matthaus Quotes

It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.

I don't think you're going to see any hockey player tell the media or anyone they're the best player in the world. It's just not who we are.

Confidence is sky high, but we're also all very grounded. We know, in football, nothing can be taken for granted.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

One thing that I've learned is that you don't have to be a prima donna or think you are better than other people in order to succeed.

I'm not the type of guy who goes to members of my team or the other team and says, 'Hey, I'm awesome,' because I can improve in so many ways.

It's so wrong when some players think, 'I scored five goals; therefore, I am a god of football.' You're nobody.

There should be both a humbleness and an arrogance. Humble when you are on the team coach and you wear the club suit, you do up your top button and wear your tie, you represent the club in the right way. Then you sign autographs for the people who pay your wages.

I really don't think of myself as the best player on the team.

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

It's wonderful to win, but don't get cocky about it!

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.

No one man is superior to the game.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

I am not better than anyone else just because I play football.

I've worked with the old dames and knights - Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson - they're the most incredibly humble, kindly people because they are so big that they don't need to be unpleasant.

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn't win the race. I am a realist.

I cannot count the times I've been defeated, humiliated, or physically injured immediately after saying the words, 'Hey, how hard can it be?' But that never seems to stop me from saying them again.

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

I have a healthy amount of humility.

In the NBA, you win, and you think you're going to win tomorrow. But as soon as you lose, you don't think you're ever going to win again.

When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my teammates and the opposing players.

I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect.