A biography for Philipp Lahmhasn’t been written yet.
“I have played football since I was five years old. This is my core skill and it will always remain so.”
“Generally I always take genuine criticism. It's part of football.”
“It's not enough to buy good players, one has to develop a team.”
“It is something special when you play a final at home in your own stadium.”
“Schweinsteiger has always been an important player for the national team.”
“Anyone who knows me knows that I stick with my decisions.”
“Winning the Bundesliga is never a given.”
“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 do the job out there on the pitch and you have it under control, as in my case, you want more. You want more responsibility. You want to take care of it all. That is the case with me.”
“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.”
“Of course it's not a normal thing to show a good performance every time.”
“In football, surprises are always possible.”
“I joined Bayern at the age of 11, and from then on it was all about being up to the competition. It doesn't matter who you face, you are always the favorite. You learn this at a young age. And this continues throughout your career at Bayern Munich, you are always the favorite or one of the favorites in every competition you are involved in.”
“When I think back to the 2006 World Cup on home soil, we came close but nobody really expected us to get very far. We simply lost to a better team and Italy went on to win it.”
“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.”
“Why was Effenberg a leader, because he was outspoken? Or because he had a certain presence on the pitch? When that's the criteria, OK, then maybe I have a different definition of what a leader is.”
“Felix Magath works with pressure. At first, we didn't know where we stood with him. That prompted the players to give their best because they wanted to play, but after a while the players knew where they stood and Magath no longer received the same effect.”
“If you don't score when you have chances then things start to get difficult.”
“History shows that it is incredibly tough for a defender to be named Footballer of the Year because over the course of a year there is normally always a forward who steals the headlines up front.”
“Of course, the moment when the ball hits the net, that's fascinating for kids playing the game and motivates them to join a club.”