When a club has €200m left on its transfer budget in the final days of the transfer period, why shouldn't they make a higher bid when their initial €70m bid has been rejected?
— Thomas Muller
As a player, you never want a penalty shoot-out, because it is a lottery to some extent. You'd rather win in 90 minutes.
I am Thomas Muller, and I want to be like me.
As a footballer, you always want to win.
I play with great players.
I will always try to stay on the right path, listen only to my coaches and my inner voice. If there is good advice from journalists, I will take that as well.
I'm not a super dribbler.
The most important thing in Guardiola's theory is to play football, and this always stays the same. The basic idea is always the same, but different opponents offer different space which you can use to play in.
If you make mistakes, it can cost you.
Luck and misfortune are closely intertwined.
When I play well, it is usually when I am in the centre.
When I am tired, it is easy to say I need a backup - and if that only happens every three months, it's not ideal and also difficult for Mr. Backup.
I have to work hard and give my all in games and training sessions.
You can't always expect us to trash our opponents.
I try to be a player who is there for the team, even off the pitch.
I see myself as a team player.
There's no club out there that is really a step up when you play for Bayern Munich. At most, you can join a club that acts at the same level.
Football is a sport with huge potential.
I didn't have one single hero. Many footballers I looked up to and said, 'Wow, I want to be like them,' but be like them not just as a person but also for their skills.
I play football because it the best thing on earth for me.
Van Gaal was always very intensive with his tactics. You had to work more with your head than your legs.
You cannot plan for the Champions League: the competitors are always overwhelming. It is a big new challenge every year.
I have always said that I do not pay much attention to what is said. Not to the positive and not to the negative.
I try to help the team, and I know what my qualities are, how I can use it to be successful at the highest level. That does not always look so elegant.
I personally feel that, at Bayern, the sporting aspect, the feeling with the fans in Munich and the appreciation from the fans, is unique here. Those are the most important aspects for me.
You always intend to do this and that, but then you have to go out and do it on the pitch.
I have spent much of my youth on artificial pitches. The body can feel a little heavier, but the ball is there quicker and cleaner.
Football is a game with tight results in which you don't need to be the dominant team; if you're a bit lucky and make the right decision at the right time, then you can be as successful as well.
I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.
Usually, I'm a very positive guy. I try to think about the next chance, the next game, the next opportunity to play well.
There is no B-Team at Bayern Munich.
Ronaldo and Messi, in particular, are above everybody else.
Nothing will push me away from Bayern.
I know that I can play in the middle, on the right, or up front.
Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.
It's quite a feeling to be living your dream, and it seems easy to be like I am.
Germany are a tournament team. I don't know why that is, perhaps the mentality. We always look forward to tournaments. We also believe we can always perform well.
You can't forget it is a business and not just playing football for a hobby.
As a striker, you always try to convert your chances, give everything when training.
I have different qualities and no problem with that. Of course, my style of football is not like Messi's or Neymar's.
Football is simple but very complicated.
There is no room for selfish behaviour at Bayern.
For me, the Bundesliga is a stronger competition than the English and Spanish leagues.
In the centre, you play more with your back to the opponent's goal and have to move into the gaps.
It is difficult to say how muscle injuries occur.
Sometimes I watch past goals, but I don't watch them because I think that it'll help me to score in the next game.
As professionals, you always have to perform to the top of your ability.
You grow year after year with responsibility, and for me, it's not important who has the armband but that everyone on the pitch gives the right signals.
You can't compare my game with Messi's, Neymar's, or Cristiano Ronaldo's.
When you play for Bayern Munich and you are important for the team, there's no better club out there.
