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Top 20 Franz Beckenbauer Quotes (2025 Update)

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong.”

1. “It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “Football is one of the world’s best means of communication. It is impartial, apolitical and universal. Football unites people around the world every day. Young or old, players or fans, rich or poor, the game makes everyone equal, stirs the imagination, makes people happy and makes them sad.”

2. “Football is one of the world’s best means of communication. It is impartial, apolitical and universal. Football unites people around the world every day. Young or old, players or fans, rich or poor, the game makes everyone equal, stirs the imagination, makes people happy and makes them sad.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “There’s only one possibility: win, draw or loose.”

3. “There’s only one possibility: win, draw or loose.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player.”

4. “We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances.”

5. “Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very, skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona’s.”

6. “Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very, skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona’s.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “Real Madrid is a legendary team that stands above all others and is the target of all players.”

7. “Real Madrid is a legendary team that stands above all others and is the target of all players.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “What FC Bayern has become is thanks to Gerd Mueller.”

8. “What FC Bayern has become is thanks to Gerd Mueller.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.”

9. “George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “It’s quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments.”

10. “It’s quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “It would make me a lot happier if I could meet up again next year with as many friends as possible from all over the world who I’ve met during my career. That’s where the great opportunity lies, for me personally, in our role as World Cup host.”

11. “It would make me a lot happier if I could meet up again next year with as many friends as possible from all over the world who I’ve met during my career. That’s where the great opportunity lies, for me personally, in our role as World Cup host.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “Germany needs to have a handicap, like in golf. They ought to start each match with two goals in advance to their opposition.”

12. “Germany needs to have a handicap, like in golf. They ought to start each match with two goals in advance to their opposition.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “The trouble for today’s footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices.”

13. “The trouble for today’s footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.”

14. “As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “Penalty shooting is always an uncertain affair because there is a lot of luck involved.”

15. “Penalty shooting is always an uncertain affair because there is a lot of luck involved.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn’t afford anything better?”

16. “The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn’t afford anything better?”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.”

17. “For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today’s fans.”

18. “The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today’s fans.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “He has been named as the heir apparent of the great Argentine hero, Diego Maradona, by journalists, players, and Maradona himself, alike. I’d personally put him in a drawer of my bedside table.”

19. “He has been named as the heir apparent of the great Argentine hero, Diego Maradona, by journalists, players, and Maradona himself, alike. I’d personally put him in a drawer of my bedside table.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “At the World Cup and even now at the Confederations Cup, our security provisions will ensure the greatest level of protection possible for all those participating – both inside and outside the stadiums.”

20. “At the World Cup and even now at the Confederations Cup, our security provisions will ensure the greatest level of protection possible for all those participating – both inside and outside the stadiums.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury.”

21. “We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic.”

22. “Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.”

23. “The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer Quote: “He shouldn’t have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for England. I would not have resigned under those circumstances.”

24. “He shouldn’t have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for England. I would not have resigned under those circumstances.”

— Franz Beckenbauer

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