I don't know about the rest of the world, but I know in our region everyone is gunning to beat us. We have a new challenge.

The second-highest honor is playing for your country, and the highest honor is wearing the armband for your country. It shows that the players have confidence in me, and that feels good.

I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe. I've certainly had players come up, even before the game has started, and say, "Hey, after the game, can we trade jerseys?" It's kind of like, "Well, let's get through the game first and we'll deal with that later."

Some things you can shake off, some things dig deeper than soccer.

I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.

Relaxing, going on vacation, sleeping, having fun when I want, golfing when I want, do whatever I want - I am going to enjoy it.

To imagine being in Germany having a home crowd is kind of silly, but we'll take it.