I want to successfully make the transition from a life in professional sports to another life, without running into major upheavals.

Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.

We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island.

If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.

I think Neuer changed the game of goalkeeping in the World Cup.

If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.

I am firmly convinced that you shouldn't necessarily emphasize hedonism, especially at the beginning of a career, but should instead focus entirely on performance.

Big matches on the big stage are often decided at the back.

It looked pretty wild, but I was actually in control of myself. I've never really injured anyone throughout my career.

I was so obsessed with football that you could say I was taking the goal home with me at night. And then one day the system fell apart.

I've never really seen myself in the role of the victim.

There is no way to deter old age from its grim duty, but a life of accomplishments makes up in quality for what it cannot add in quantity.

A bred-in-the-bone Boston lady when asked why she never travelled said 'Why should I? I'm already there.'

I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.

Women want you to deceive them: they force you to, and if you resist, they blame you.

What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings?

Going in is really more of an acknowledgment that kids in poverty, in their situations, can get out of it, and it doesn't always come from sports.

I know my mother would be overwhelmed by the continued outpouring of kindness and I want to thank everyone for keeping us in their prayers.

Being alone onstage is like legalized insanity.

Art is a form of consciousness.

Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless.