We cannot win this World Cup, because we are not at that level yet. For us, we have to play the game of our lives seven times to win the tournament.

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

The player can only compete with the best internationally when they've committed themselves to this goal. They have to be properly supported until that point.

If there's a national-team player, he has to do extra work. He has to do extra weeks, and he can't go on vacation even if he says: 'Well, but I'm supposed now to have six weeks off.' If he comes and says that, then I give him a hug and say: 'Have fun the six weeks, but don't come back here.'

We Germans are so good at penalties because we have had to rebuild our country twice.

I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high.

We cannot win this World Cup, because we are not at that level yet. For us, we have to play the game of our lives seven times to win the tournament.