37 Philipp Lahm Quotes on Success (LEADERSHIP)

Top 10 Most Famous Philipp Lahm Quotes (BEST)

“I have climbed every step of the football ladder, from kicking a ball about in Munich’s Olympic Park to becoming a junior at Bayern, signing professional terms, establishing myself in the first team and taking the captain’s armband.”
Philipp Lahm

Whether we have the best individual players doesn't matter, you have to have the best team. — Whether we have the best individual players doesn’t matter, you have to have the best team.

The most essential quality in the game is passion. — The most essential quality in the game is **passion**.

Those who have achieved success in football have a degree of responsibility to be open and honest about our 'calling,' our passion. — Those who have achieved **success** in football have a degree of **responsibility** to be open and honest about our ‘calling,’ our **passion**.

Sporting behaviour means fair behaviour. This is the player's task, not the referee's. — Sporting behaviour means fair behaviour. This is the player’s task, not the referee’s.

“They [Arsenal] are fighting for the championship, that’s not a coincidence: I believe they have developed as a team. They’ve become much stronger, the squad is more balanced. And they still play the way Arsenal always play. They want to have the ball, they like playing it short, and they have outstanding individuals.”
Philipp Lahm

After a game like that, a team can either fall apart completely or grow closer together, we chose the latter.

It is something special when you play a final at home in your own stadium.

I have played football since I was five years old. This is my core skill and it will always remain so.

I'll remember my first league title, my first cup, the Champions League. But also the defeats - that's also part of football. — I’ll remember my first league title, my first cup, the Champions League. But also the defeats – that’s also part of football.

14 Wise Philipp Lahm Quotes on Football that will Make You Think (WISDOM)

“We have always found it easier, and still do, when the opponent plays football as well, when they don’t just think in defensive terms, don’t just sit inside their penalty box. It’s just nicer when the opponent plays football.”
Philipp Lahm

Our sport needs lethal strikers, goalscorers, heroes. But football is much more than the moment of triumph.

Scoring first changes everything. It makes everything easier for us. — Scoring first **changes** everything. It makes everything easier for us.

If you want to measure yourself with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United, you, as Bayern Munich, need a philosophy. That must be the aim of the club. — If you want to measure yourself with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United, you, as Bayern Munich, need a **philosophy**. That must be the aim of the club.

Big teams need a core of players who have their roots at their clubs, who grow with their clubs and who embody the culture. Representing it on the pitch and outside as well. — Big teams need a core of players who have their roots at their clubs, who grow with their clubs and who embody the **culture**. Representing it on the pitch and outside as well.

“For me it’s more difficult to play against the quicker wingers, but for the team it’s perhaps more difficult to face players that are good passers, because one through ball can take the whole team out of the game.”
Philipp Lahm

We make adjustments and changes before and sometimes also during the games in order adapt to the opposition. — We make adjustments and **changes** before and sometimes also during the games in order adapt to the opposition.

AC Milan would never have been the same club without Paolo Maldini or Franco Baresi and they certainly would have never had the same amount of success. — AC Milan would never have been the same club without Paolo Maldini or Franco Baresi and they certainly would have never had the same amount of **success**.

I played at full-back for 10 years, I enjoyed it, and I had success there, so I can never regret being a defender.

“I’m lucky to have played two different positions. But of course the experience I gained as a full back – knowledge of defending, and taking up the right positions, helps me as a midfielder.”
Philipp Lahm

Always being champion, always being at the top every three days, playing great football - it's not that easy. — Always being champion, always being at the top every three days, playing great football – it’s not that easy.

It's obvious that I'd like to keep the captain's armband. The job gives me a great deal of enjoyment. Why should I then give it up by choice? — It’s obvious that I’d like to keep the captain’s armband. The job gives me a great deal of enjoyment. Why should I then give it up by choice?

We should not discuss refereeing performances but support decisions to help their work.

“Anybody who has played with Mesut will tell you how intelligent he is as a player. His vision is probably the best I have ever seen and that is why it is so important to have the right striker ahead of him.”
Philipp Lahm

5 Philipp Lahm Quotes on Football Teamwork

“The key is developing your game in both directions: in the build-up, joining the attack at the right moment and also in defence. You have to win the one-on-one situations and need the required pace and technique. These are the decisive factors for a defender.”
Philipp Lahm