I am not a guy who gets scared.
— Thomas Muller
I'm a mix between a striker and a midfielder.
The pressure is always there with Bayern, but we can cope with it.
Even if you play well, you can lose, and vice versa.
I became a professional footballer because I love football.
I try to be available for the fans, but sometimes when I'm with my family, wife, and friends, I try to protect my private life.
I think that Guardiola only wants victory and perfection.
Victory comes first because winning is the most important thing in football.
I define myself by efficiency and straightforwardness.
The wages that are being paid in the Premier League are very tempting. It would be hypocrisy to deny that.
In the end, we should not forget that playing football is our job. So people should accept that wages will always play a role in a player's decision-making.
I'd be in the wrong job if I had to stand in front of the mirror and push myself to go to work every day.
When we're up 1-0 after 88 minutes, I don't sprint to the sidelines to take a throw-in - I expect that I and my team will be smart.
When the team's not playing well offensively, it's always a problem for me because I'm not an individualistic player.
I know that I make technical mistakes from time to time. It's one of the aspects of my game that I've been working on for years. I think I've managed to reduce the number of those technical mistakes to a minimum, but occasionally, they happen. On the other hand, I do have moments of technical brilliance.
Louis van Gaal and I have a relationship that goes beyond that which is normal between a player and a coach.
I like to be active in space in behind the opposition's midfield. That's where I can hurt the opponent most of all.
In football, you always look forward, and it's about the next game you play.
Football is the best team sport in the world, and it is good to hear that more and more kids are playing football in India.
At FC Bayern, the Bundesliga title is always the first priority.
For players, during our active career, it is always difficult to talk about coaches - whether it is former or a current.
While it would be lovely to play well every week, that is simply not going to happen.
We cannot always shine and play to our very best, but as long as we win, it doesn't matter.
Sometimes a little kid will come up to me and ask me to show him some tricks. I always have to say: 'I can't do any tricks.' They want to see some sort of magic: keepie-uppies, around-the-worlds, that sort of thing. It's not really my strength.
I know that a lot of German clubs are unhappy with the Premier League clubs' spending, but I think it is something good for all clubs in the end.
At Bayern, the journey is always headed for titles.
You have to adapt and find your niche, in terms of the type of player you can become, both on and off the pitch. I always knew I'd have no chance against a 1.90m, 90kg defender in a duel, so the key is to avoid these situations altogether. You have to pick your space and time.
I like playing Italian teams. To me, they are the fairest sportsmen of them all. I don't agree with the Italy stereotypes - I trust in what I have experienced and witnessed.
Every good, successful player, especially an attacking player, has a well-developed sense of space and time.
I just try not to pretend to be something I'm not.
Team spirit is paramount - each of our own egos has to take a back seat. That applies to me as well as everyone else.
In this system, I've always played in the position behind the striker. I also don't enjoy being classed as a striker - I don't see myself as one.
Every sportsman wants success. It is very important.
The titles that I have won at a young age are a further inspiration to work hard to continue to be successful.
'Space finder' is a phase I used in an interview one time, and it's followed me ever since.
When we talk my biggest influence, I have to say Van Gaal. He threw me in the deep end.
We are footballers, not artists.
We're FC Bayern, and we'll always send out a competitive team.
Whenever Germany lose or play badly, there are 1,000 reasons. And no matter how many questions there are, we will never make everyone happy.
What's good for you one day will not necessarily still be good for you the day after.
I hate running.
No player can rest on his laurels.
When our positioning and ball game and passing is not that good, then my game is struggling as well. I can score from set pieces and so on, but I have to be involved in the combinations, make my runs without the ball, go deep.
The players who tend to make the difference are often great dribblers. Some are very fast; others have a repertoire of moves and feints. These players need to have great technique in order to be good dribblers. But I'm not a good dribbler.
