Players Think Quotes by Manuel Neuer

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

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

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

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

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

— Manuel Neuer

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

As a goalkeeper, you like to be called upon.

— Manuel Neuer

You cannot compare warm-ups with World Cup games.

— Manuel Neuer

In my opinion, it is important to have a stable defence.

— Manuel Neuer

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

Because life constantly poses challenges, living demands courage

— Manuel Neuer

A fit player has good and bad times during a season, and you have that in rehab, too.

— Manuel Neuer

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

— Manuel Neuer

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

To be a modern goalkeeper, I have to think offensively, to initiate our attacking moves safely and securely.

— Manuel Neuer