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.

The realization that you're not always standing down there on the field merely to win, to be successful, was very liberating. One can be successful by helping the team, the other players. All of a sudden I felt the kind of empathy for people that I hadn't felt before.

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

Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.

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

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

When you look at our programme for the next few weeks, you do not fancy a trip to the Oktoberfest.