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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.