“If I think I will get the ball, I go out. I can't stop halfway because...” — Manuel Neuer Quote

“If I think I will get the ball, I go out. I can't stop halfway because the goal is empty and the player would have the opportunity to shoot. You make the reaction, and then, of course, you have to be sure to get the ball. But it's years of practice. You can't say from one day to the other, 'Now I will do it,' you know? You have to feel it.”

“After matches, the highlights show mostly the goals, scoring chances, assists. The spectator tends not to remember that, as a goalkeeper, I make difficult saves at great risk and start moves with my efforts.”

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

“It's a bitter thing to have one or more defenders missing.”

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

“What's mostly left after a match? The scenes in front of the goal where the attackers are the highlights of the play. But doing the spectacular is not particularly important to me. I just want to play for my team.”

“Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.”

“What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.”

“I would say like this: because the best players, they gotta work on both ends. You just have to make them work on both ends... They play the whole game, they handle the ball a lot. You just want to make them tired.”

“When I grew up, I tried to score off every ball, be it a 10-over-match, a 20-over, or even a Test match. If I stay in the wicket for, say, about 30 minutes, I want to make the most of it and score maximum runs possible. You never know when you get out; try to score as much possible before that.”

“In the beginning, many years ago, you had a big centre-half who got to win headers, who was tough, who kicked the ball and said 'Clear it.' Now it's cleaner: you cannot make a rash tackle, because with VAR it's impossible to do that.”

“I get a daily master class in Jenifer Lewis, and that's been so special to me. If I haven't prepared for something, she'll ball up the script and throw it at me. She'll say, 'You're not ready for this! Go downstairs and work on it.'”