I have three goalkeepers who really inspired me. Jens Lehmann was my idol because he played for Schalke and was really progressive… — 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
I know that I often take risks, but it is always for the purposes of the team. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
In the past, goalies weren't even part of the team. They had their own dressing room. They didn't speak with the other… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
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 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 difficult when you don't take part in team training and have to train alone. — 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
A lot has changed for Germany since 2010. Back then it was not certain that I would be the number one. Now… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
A keeper has to adjust his game to the team. If the team moves further up, he has to do the same.… — 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
