A biography for Mario Gomezhasn’t been written yet.
“The Bundesliga is extremely attractive. In the long run it will be the most attractive league of all.”
“Bayern do not depend on any individual players.”
“I've got nothing to teach to the Italians - I love playing in this league.”
“The point is that there are few opportunities in top games. For this you need a striker who has the absolute will to achieve the goal.”
“Being gay is no longer a taboo subject in Germany.”
“I have said that if I leave Bayern I will go abroad. Then came this interesting offer from Liverpool. I took the loan offer seriously and discussed it with my family and girlfriend because I just want to play. But Bayern gave me the impression that they see a future for me. And therefore a change was not an issue anymore.”
“Between 2008 and 2010 I exhausted myself because I wanted to please everyone.”
“I just stand there up front and score the goals, because that's my job.”
“I wanted for nothing at Bayern, but the most important thing was always playing as much as I could.”
“Winning is why we play football.”
“I came to Munich full of confidence, with plenty of energy, and really looking forward to it, in a way I don't think I'd had in my career before.”
“I would never go to another club in the Bundesliga. After Bayern Munich, it would only be a step down.”
“Of course I want to score more goals in the Champions League. But I never want to compare myself or be compared to Lionel Messi.”
“We have to win if we want to be champions.”
“If I become a European champion, I don't care whether I have absolute recognition or not.”
“It's tough to leave one of the greatest clubs in the world.”
“When it became clear that I couldn't stay at Bayern I thought about going to play in Spain or Italy. Fiorentina came forward, they were looking for a striker, and everything happened very quickly.”
“I didn't like watching football on TV. It was always so boring to me. Why sit in front of the screen, when you could go outside and play the game for real?”
“As a young player, national duty always felt kind of like... a duty. It was always there, it was normal, it was part of the job.”
“Sometimes football is a crazy thing.”