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.

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

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

We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island.

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