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.

I'm not the type who spends his free time in training camp playing with his Playstation or playing cards on trips. The other players thought it was odd: There he is, reading again.

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.

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

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

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

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.