In a final, anything is possible.

Politics should stay out of the stadium.

Winning the World Cup was a dream come true.

I've been exposed to so many different cultures.

My professional career only began at 21, really.

I enjoyed my biggest successes with the national team.

Once a year, I gather a group of friends to go fishing.

Team success stood, and stands, above everything for me.

An internship with Pep Guardiola would be a huge present.

Those who know me well know that the World Cup is my goal.

This is a virile sport in which physical contact is allowed.

I can only repeat, I would never compare myself to Gerd Muller.

The national team is the best example that integration can work.

It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

Personally, I always think that players like Diego Forlan are fantastic.

Teams in the past have been slow starters yet gone on to win the World Cup.

Fishermen and coaches have one thing in common: both need to be very patient.

I could very well see myself ending my professional career at Kaiserslautern.

I've had a great time with the national team and enjoyed some amazing moments.

I want to win something with Lazio, and I am not talking about just winning games.

I'm not worried that Germany will always have strikers that are of international calibre.

There's no better way for me to end my time with the German team than by winning the World Cup.

It is important for us to push into the box - not play around it like some sort of handball team.

The national team was like a second family for me. I will always carry those 13 years of my life in my heart.

I could have moved to Russia, earned more money, and felt more relaxed. But I chose another option and joined Lazio.

I've won fair-play prizes, but that's just my nature, my character. This is who I am, and I do not feel the need to hide the real me.

I am convinced that when the team plays well, the attackers will have chances to score - and that's why I will have the chance to score.

I was born in Poland, and then I was six years in France. I returned to Poland, and then, at the age of eight and a half, we came to Germany.

Scoring and fishing are comparable. In both cases, you must have patience and wait for the right moment to strike power with the utmost coolness.

A World Cup is always something special and simply indescribable - and being able to hold something in your hands at the end of it all is just incredible.

I might have a different understanding of the term 'football star.' If I shoot a few balls after training, it's perfectly normal that I collect them afterwards.

I don't personally think of myself as an icon, but it's definitely an incredible thing. Scoring 16 goals at the World Cup is something you only usually dream about.

It would be a joke to compare Gerd Muller to other strikers. What he achieved, the number of games and the goals scored, is unique. That's what I have told him in person.

The coach told me that he has a lot of respect for me, and I am a player who has the ability to do anything I like - to score with both feet, to head well and to pass. To hear such words from a man like Voller gives me a lot of confidence and motivation.

I spent five years in Italy, and the Italians have a slightly different lifestyle. Everything is a bit slower and more easygoing. You can feel that when you live there; you become a little more relaxed about typically 'German' things like accuracy and punctuality.

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