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'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 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.

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.

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.