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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.