The only way to succeed is to work hard, stay focused, and never lose sight of your goals.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.
I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three-star players.
I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.
Football is a game of opinions, and as a player, you just have to get on with it and take it as it comes.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favor every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me. Ex-players become legends when they haven't really done anything.
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.