I am a professional player, and I will naturally do everything to be in goal. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
You can plan, but what happens on a football field cannot be predicted. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I try and help my team-mates as best I can, and I lead from the front, on and off the field. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
To be a modern goalkeeper, I have to think offensively, to initiate our attacking moves safely and securely. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can say it is boring being in goal, but what is important is I am in communication with the defence. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
It's obvious you always have to give everything in order to succeed. That's why playing at 80 per cent isn't enough -… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
Personal success means nothing if it isn't aligned with the success of the team. I consider myself to be a team player… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
It's easier to fine tune in club football, and you have the chance to win the Champions League every year. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
First of all, I am and I remain a goalkeeper, but I try to be involved as much as I can and… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
As for being the best goalkeeper in the world, it's been written occasionally, but I'd never say it myself. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
It's more difficult to achieve something with the national team because players from several clubs get together and less frequently. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
After matches, the highlights show mostly the goals, scoring chances, assists. The spectator tends not to remember that, as a goalkeeper, I… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
Schalke are my club. I used to stand on the terraces as a fan, and I've realised my dream of making it… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I took responsibility in Munich from the beginning. But I could not walk in with splayed elbows into the club and say,… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being a professional football player is visiting countries and seeing cultures you might never see. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
The Bundesliga is a lucrative league, and in Germany, the best club is Bayern, and I wanted to play for the best… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I got my first football when I was two and played my first proper game before I was five. So nothing else… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
Winning the treble was confirmation for me that joining Bayern rather than moving abroad was the right decision. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I generally don't think one's age is all that meaningful - there are 50-year-olds who still act and think like children. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I have always been interested in finding new ways to play and have looked at handball keepers and ice hockey goal-minders. It helps me. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I'm not the sort of person who poses in their underwear. I hate the red carpet. I prefer the green grass. After the games… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
The coach put me in goal, and back then, we were playing on bone-hard ground: red ash; we even trained on black ash, which… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
You can plan, but what happens on a football field cannot be predicted. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I used to cry when I let in a goal. I always thought I was to blame because I was the last man. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I took responsibility in Munich from the beginning. But I could not walk in with splayed elbows into the club and say, 'Here comes… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
A fit player has good and bad times during a season, and you have that in rehab, too. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I love to tackle, especially when the grass is wet, but my main aim is to be a complete goalkeeper who can do everything. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
To be a modern goalkeeper, I have to think offensively, to initiate our attacking moves safely and securely. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
