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

It took me a long time to realize that football isn't martyrdom, but a game that's enjoyable, and one in which getting better at it is supposed to be fun. Perhaps it would have been better if I had understood this as a young man.

After a decade in a club it's quite normal and necessary that you seek and take a new challenge.

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.

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

If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.