If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.

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.

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.

After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.

When you look at our programme for the next few weeks, you do not fancy a trip to the Oktoberfest.

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.

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