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

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 want to successfully make the transition from a life in professional sports to another life, without running into major upheavals.

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

I've never really seen myself in the role of the victim.

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.

I have always seen myself as an athlete. Of course, I made the mistake of unintentionally opening the door to my private life by just a crack. I wouldn't do the same thing again. It has to be accepted that my private life is private, and if that isn't the case, I have to do something about it.