A biography for Joshua Kimmichhasn’t been written yet.
“You have to go to the limit every day as a player, or others will take over.”
“It is very hard to win the World Cup twice in a row.”
“You can lose confidence when you're not in the rhythm.”
“Obviously Schweinsteiger is a great role model for me.”
“In football, it is normal that coaches and players change. There is always a new environment and you have to prove yourself again and again.”
“It's really different without the fans, because there is less atmosphere, no screaming after every corner or chance. But the positive is you can communicate with each other. You can speak with each other. You can hear what the coach is screaming on the touchline.”
“As a young boy, I had gone to a Bayern match with my father. I had never seen such a big stadium before, and it was overwhelming. Everything was so big, so loud.”
“I know what it's like to sit on the bench.”
“At 14 I went to Stuttgart academy and it was a big dream. But I felt lonely. It also got hard later. At 18 I hoped to play in the second team but the club said I was not strong enough.”
“I want to be Joshua Kimmich and not Philipp Lahm 2.0.”
“I am a national player myself and I know how special it is to play for Germany.”
“It's more emotional when there are fans.”
“Philipp is one of the best outside backs in the world, and has proved this over many years - how well he can perform on the right side.”
“There's seriously talented players who have been around for a long time, both in the national team and with Bayern, so there's always a danger of not playing so often.”
“I'm getting better when I have a good opponent. And so I try to analyze my own game.”
“I'm obviously aware that Germany's head-to-head record with Italy is not particularly positive. I myself have memories from a few previous encounters. I was 11 years old for the 2006 disappointment and the 2012 match is obviously much fresher in my memory.”
“For me as a young player, it's great to have had a coach like Pep Guardiola and have coaches like Carlo Ancelotti and Jogi Low, because you get different impressions.”
“Philipp is an absolute legend.”
“Bayern could buy any No. 6 in the world, so that they want me is a great honour.”
“I always try to find the solution before I receive the ball. Afterwards, I have to control it and to pass it. But when you know before where you want to play then all the things went faster.”