We have to focus on ourselves and if we play the best we can we can win the league. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
Winning the league is one thing but for me it was always the dream to win the Champions League. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
As soon as I knew I was leaving Chelsea, our first thought was to return to Germany. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
We know the history of players at Real Madrid and things are not easy at that club. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
The first league game always feels different from the pre-season friendlies. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
To pass on your ideas and have an influence on a team really interests me. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
Ancelotti showed in the past, that he can work with different teams and different players. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I have said in the past that I would be happy to see out my career at Chelsea. I moved here to… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
Chelsea is an ambitious club and it will always be possible that a coach and the players are competitive at the highest… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I want to prove myself at Chelsea and be successful in the Premiership and the Champions League. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
A leader on the pitch is someone who can turn a game in the right direction, he isn't someone who has a… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
When you a buy a player like Ozil, you know his strengths and Arsene Wenger knows, I think, where he is at… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
At Bayern you need other characteristics to assert yourself. Just being good is not enough there. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
We should integrate the quality of ex-players at the highest level more in football, especially in the youth sector. That is absolutely… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
In football, if you have a big break after a disappointment you can stew on things, and that hurts you. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
Of course Lothar Matthaus is always going to be associated with the 1990 World Cup. But does everyone immediately remember what titles… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
When you're young it's football, football, football. Then you get a family, kids come into things and you find you have a… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
When I see Mario Gotze, his development does not go in the right direction. He has outstanding qualities, but he has not… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
A team can have quality but it's also about personality and how they can grow. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
There must be some tensions in a team, which you can't always wipe away or smooth over. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I wanted to go outside of Germany and I saw English football as a big, big challenge. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
The Premier League is a different kind of league, in terms of physical play. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
In 2006 I ended up at Chelsea on a free transfer, so Bayern did not see a euro for me. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I played at the highest level throughout my career and I'm happy about that. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
You want to win everything possible and you try it every year, but you can't win everything, we know this as well… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
In the summer, during the holidays, there would be 5,000 people each day at training with Bayern Munich and that makes it… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I played in the Champions League constantly for 12 or 13 years in my career, and I reached only two finals. I… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I've learned to adapt to the pace of the English game and a different style of football in the Premier League. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
You always need time to adapt to a new manager. But in football if you don't get a result, you are under… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
When I moved to Chelsea, it was a big, big challenge and experience for me at the time to play with so… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
When I see Mario Gotze, his development does not go in the right direction. He has outstanding qualities, but he has not reached his… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I was able to turn my hobby into my profession, and I am thankful for that. But I have other interests beside football, and… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I played in the Champions League constantly for 12 or 13 years in my career, and I reached only two finals. I know how… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I played at the highest level throughout my career and I'm happy about that. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
Things aren't always full of sunshine, there has to be friction at times as well. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
Mario Gotze is a great player, but one of my favourites is Marco Reus, who is a fantastic player, and one of the very… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
Chelsea is an ambitious club and it will always be possible that a coach and the players are competitive at the highest level. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
We will give everything for the FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
A leader on the pitch is someone who can turn a game in the right direction, he isn't someone who has a go at… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
A player can't request on what position he wants to play, and it is the same with the captaincy. One should respect this, there… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I had a great career. But not to win a big international title is also part of my career. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
