Of course, success is a relative term. It can be something completely different from winning the German championship eight times or making millions.

It's part of my game to occasionally send a message, one that may be unpopular to the outside world, but can be important for the team.

I would never have thought I was capable of sitting on the bench as the number two man. And it showed me that you can really achieve everything in life, even the unthinkable, as long as you're willing to work on yourself a little bit.

Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.

I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win.

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

It took me a long time to realize that football isn't martyrdom, but a game that's enjoyable, and one in which getting better at it is supposed to be fun. Perhaps it would have been better if I had understood this as a young man.