Football Quotes by Manuel Neuer

As a goalkeeper, you like to be called upon.

— Manuel Neuer

I'm the 11th field player.

— Manuel Neuer

Every player has different skills.

— Manuel Neuer

The team is the star at Manchester United.

— Manuel Neuer

I do everything I can for the team's success.

— Manuel Neuer

Many things are necessary if you want to win games.

— Manuel Neuer

Lewandowski is one of the world's best strikers.

— Manuel Neuer

For me, the Bundesliga is a great league.

— Manuel Neuer

In Germany, Jens Lehmann was a model style for a German goalkeeper.

— Manuel Neuer

It's obviously very tough for any team to lose on penalties.

— Manuel Neuer

I am very proud to be the captain of the German national team.

— Manuel Neuer

For me, the main thing is that I continually improve my game and make sure I keep setting the bar high.

— Manuel Neuer

It's difficult when you don't take part in team training and have to train alone.

— Manuel Neuer

It's difficult to say you can replace Franck Ribery one on one with another player.

— Manuel Neuer

I try and help my team-mates as best I can, and I lead from the front, on and off the field.

— Manuel Neuer

You can plan, but what happens on a football field cannot be predicted.

— Manuel Neuer

One of the great things about being a professional football player is visiting countries and seeing cultures you might never see.

— Manuel Neuer

I took responsibility in Munich from the beginning. But I could not walk in with splayed elbows into the club and say,…

— Manuel Neuer

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

After matches, the highlights show mostly the goals, scoring chances, assists. The spectator tends not to remember that, as a goalkeeper, I…

— Manuel Neuer

It's more difficult to achieve something with the national team because players from several clubs get together and less frequently.

— Manuel Neuer

As for being the best goalkeeper in the world, it's been written occasionally, but I'd never say it myself.

— Manuel Neuer

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

Winning the treble was confirmation for me that joining Bayern rather than moving abroad was the right decision.

— Manuel Neuer

With Bayern, we want a lot of ball possession and to control the play, so I operate sometimes like the 11th outfield…

— Manuel Neuer

The coach put me in goal, and back then, we were playing on bone-hard ground: red ash; we even trained on black…

— Manuel Neuer

I'm not the sort of person who poses in their underwear. I hate the red carpet. I prefer the green grass. After…

— Manuel Neuer

What's mostly left after a match? The scenes in front of the goal where the attackers are the highlights of the play.…

— Manuel Neuer

I love playing football every day. I love working hard, I love training, I love the games; I love the challenge. As…

— Manuel Neuer

I have three goalkeepers who really inspired me. Jens Lehmann was my idol because he played for Schalke and was really progressive…

— Manuel Neuer

I know how Mesut Ozil takes penalties.

— Manuel Neuer

On the pitch, I conduct and organise. I'm loud.

— Manuel Neuer

In Germany, the football association is the best.

— Manuel Neuer

You cannot compare warm-ups with World Cup games.

— Manuel Neuer

FC Bayern are only my second club.

— Manuel Neuer

I am a professional player, and I will naturally do everything to be in goal.

— Manuel Neuer

I always want to play at the highest level; that's the Champions League.

— Manuel Neuer

Some young players think that they want to be like Manuel Neuer.

— Manuel Neuer

I know that I often take risks, but it is always for the purposes of the team.

— Manuel Neuer

For me, it's more important to win a team award, like a World Cup.

— Manuel Neuer