I got my first football when I was two and played my first proper game before I was five. So nothing else was ever an option! — 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
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
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
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
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
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
A fit player has good and bad times during a season, and you have that in rehab, too. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share
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
To be a modern goalkeeper, I have to think offensively, to initiate our attacking moves safely and securely. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share
