Quote of the Day: Lukas Podolski on his Anatomy

June 9th, 2008 | by: Jan |

“I have two hearts – a German one and a Polish one!” – Lukas Podolski

His Polish heart explains why he didn’t go nuts celebrating his goals. His German heart should be taken into consideration by all those who constantly and exclusively refer to Lukas as Polish / a Pole, and who would like to count the goals he scores for Poland.

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Dex

Great maturity from a young player. I thought his celebrations, or lack thereof, after his goals were a sign of class.
http://www.silesia.pl pedRo

HE IS NOT polish HE IS SILESIAN!!!!he was born in Gliwice (Gleiwitz) which is one of the biggest cities in Silesia. Silesia for a long time was a german state. It was good decision to play for Germany. COME ON POLDI!!
http://littlemissdiana.blogspot.com diana

Probably at the moment, my favourite quote of the tournament so far. But anyways, he really showed his maturity. In fact, I didn’t know he never celebrated his goals…until I watched the highlights.

Jan, we need a photo of the day as well. The first photo in the link below qualifies for that. My favourite so far.

http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/awards-of-the-day-june-8th.html

On a sidenote: I still can’t believe my mother, who does not follow football (but she does know players like the retired Zidane, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney), thinks Jogi is handsome. I have to confirm with her (this happens yesterday). I was watching the highlights of the Group B action on the pay-TV and seconds after Jogi was shown on the TV screen, she said that (she was also in the living room then). After confirming with her, I became amused. This is what you get when the coach looks like Tom Cruise.
Boyan

HE IS NOT polish HE IS SILESIAN!!!!he was born in Gliwice (Gleiwitz) which is one of the biggest cities in Silesia. Silesia for a long time was a german state. It was good decision to play for Germany. COME ON POLDI!!

Be careful here my boy. Silesia is the part of Poland now and was part of Poland when Podolski was born and you cannot change that. Yes there was a time when Silesia was part of Germany but there also was a time when Podolski wanted to play for Poland but the coach didn’t want him. The changes that occur in our world should be accepted but history as well, meaning that Silesia was part of Germany but now it isn’t. Add to this a choice of identity and we have a complex definition of today’s nationality, which means players that should play for one country but play for some other. This of course is too dificult to understand for someone young as you or, if not young, then primitive.