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The Bundesliga is a lucrative league, and in Germany, the best club is Bayern, and I wanted to play for the best club in Germany.
Manuel Neuer / Soccer Player
Germany
Lucrative
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One of the great things about being a professional football player is visiting countries and seeing cultures you might never see.
Manuel Neuer / Soccer Player
Football Player
Great Things
Visiting
Cultures
Professional Football
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It's more difficult to achieve something with the national team because players from several clubs get together and less frequently.
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Clubs
Get Together
National Team
Frequently
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Food is a passion for me, especially Italian cuisine. I prefer to have somebody cook for me, but I can do some very nice pasta dishes.
Manuel Neuer / Soccer Player
Cuisine
Dishes
Italian
Nice
Passion
Pasta
Very
Prefer
Cook
Some
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Schalke are my club. I used to stand on the terraces as a fan, and I've realised my dream of making it as a pro right here at my club.
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Realised
Pro
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Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.
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Appreciated
Second Place
Demanded
Success Is
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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.
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Hockey
Ice
New Ways
Me New Always
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The calmness and confidence I take into matches has an effect not only on our rivals but also on my team-mates, who are counting on me.
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Calmness
Counting
Rivals
Matches
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I feel fit and well - I know that I have to look after my health, but turning 30 is no reason to start considering the end of my career.
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Considering
No Reason
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Personal success means nothing if it isn't aligned with the success of the team. I consider myself to be a team player more than anything else.
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Aligned
More Than Anything
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I took responsibility in Munich from the beginning. But I could not walk in with splayed elbows into the club and say, 'Here comes the Schalke captain.'
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Elbows
Captain
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In the past, goalies weren't even part of the team. They had their own dressing room. They didn't speak with the other team members. They were lone warriors.
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Lone
Members
Dressing
Dressing Room
In The Past
Warriors
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A lot has changed for Germany since 2010. Back then it was not certain that I would be the number one. Now I'm glad about the responsibility I take for the team.
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Numbers
Responsibility
Team
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First of all, I am and I remain a goalkeeper, but I try to be involved as much as I can and to help the defenders. I try to read dangerous situations in advance.
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Defenders
Advance
First Of All
Goalkeeper
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Nervenstarke means that no matter the situation, I have to show my teammates that I remain prepared and confident and there for them. They have to feel my Nervenstarke.
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Prepared
Situation
Teammates
Confident
Remain
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I think at the age of 30, you still have youthful aspects, but at the same time, you have gathered enough experience to know how to succeed in life. I like this mixture.
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Life Time Experience
Aspects
Gathered
Youthful
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Obviously, I couldn't imagine that my career would go so well. When I first started, I wanted to play out of goal. But there was no goalkeeper, and the coach put me in goal.
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Goalkeeper
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I have a lot of respect for Messi and for everything that he has achieved. He is very humble. But it's crucial to show authority when we meet on the pitch and show him who's boss.
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Authority
Crucial
Humble
Messi
Achieved
Pitch
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I think as long as I feel good and am able to perform on a high level, I will keep playing because I love football so much. After that, I have many options but haven't set any goals.
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Feel Good
High Level
Love Good Football
Options
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The goalkeeper always starts again at nil, even when you're 2-0 down. It always starts again at scratch. It's a completely mental thing, and I keep reminding myself of it during matches.
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Reminding
Goalkeeper
Matches
Mental
Nil
Scratch
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It's obvious you always have to give everything in order to succeed. That's why playing at 80 per cent isn't enough - not against a 'normal' Bundesliga team. You always have to work hard.
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Obvious
Work Always Enough
Cent
Per
Work Hard
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I consider that part of my job as a pro: to know who you're up against and how the attacking players play, what kind of characteristics they have, their qualities, how they move, their preferred foot.
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Characteristics
Foot
Preferred
Pro
Qualities
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At Bayern, I was used to coming out of my box to try and clear up dangerous situations. The World Cup was just another platform, so it gave other people the chance to see me who don't watch German football.
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World Cup
German
Box
Cup
Platform
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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.
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Difficult
Highlights
Remember
Risk
Chances
Efforts
Goalkeeper
Matches
Mostly
Saves
Scoring
Spectator
Start
Tends
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With Bayern, we want a lot of ball possession and to control the play, so I operate sometimes like the 11th outfield player. Thus I am included a lot into the build-up play and have a lot of touches of the ball.
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Possession
Build-Up
Included
Operate
Outfield
Thus
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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.
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Highlights
Spectacular
Me Important Doing
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I love playing football every day. I love working hard, I love training, I love the games; I love the challenge. As long as that still applies, I don't see any reason to call time on something that makes me so happy.
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Love Time Football
Working Hard
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I have a good record in shoot-outs. In such moments, I'm always confident of making at least a couple of stops; I always feel the taker is under more strain. Worrying is the kicker's job, as he's expected to score, while I have nothing to lose.
Manuel Neuer / Soccer Player
Moments
Score
Strain
Confident
Good Feel Nothing
Good Record
Record
Least
Lose
Worrying
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The people on the streets just say 'hi' and let me walk on. They take relatively few photos, and those that do are tourists. Munich natives are relatively relaxed. They pretty much leave me in peace and I think that's very good. The Bavarian mentality fits very well to me.
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People
Thinking
Tourists
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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 was worse. That's not easy for a goalkeeper. My mother was always taking out her sewing kit for the countless holes in my training pants. For a long time, I had to buy my own gear.
Manuel Neuer / Soccer Player
Holes
Long Time
Pants
Red
Sewing
Training
Time Always Long
Time Mother Always
Buy
Coach
Countless
Gear
Time Black Me
Goalkeeper
Ground
Trained
Worse
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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 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.
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Games
Hate
Moving
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I have three goalkeepers who really inspired me. Jens Lehmann was my idol because he played for Schalke and was really progressive in the way he developed the position in Germany. I also have a lot of respect for all that Oliver Kahn achieved with the national team. Outside Germany, I would add that Edwin van der Sar was a big role model.
Manuel Neuer / Soccer Player
Respect
Add
Germany
Inspired
National Team
Position
Progressive
Team
Three
Way
Really
Because
Respect Me Way
Lot
Achieved
Big
Me
Also
Who
Played
He
Developed
Model
Would
Idol
National
Oliver
Outside
Role
Role Model
Van
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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.
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Empty
Halfway
Reaction
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