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.

The goalkeeper plays in a psychological position, and he's dealing with mental things. I wanted to describe the things I've done wrong and, most of all, what I've done right, so that other people, including those in other professions, could learn from my experiences.

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.

After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.

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.

A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs.