The goalkeeper plays in a psychological position, and he's dealing with mental things. I wanted to describe the things I've done wrong and, most of all, what I've done right, so that other people, including those in other professions, could learn from my experiences.

Oliver Kahn

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If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.

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athlete player giving

I think Neuer changed the game of goalkeeping in the World Cup.

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games world thinking

Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.

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elements insanity needs

It took me a long time to realize that football isn't martyrdom, but a game that's enjoyable, and one in which getting better at it is supposed to be fun. Perhaps it would have been better if I had understood this as a young man.

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fun football men

I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win.

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team player winning

If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.

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ifs play trying

I am firmly convinced that you shouldn't necessarily emphasize hedonism, especially at the beginning of a career, but should instead focus entirely on performance.

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focus careers should

Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.

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Big matches on the big stage are often decided at the back.

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decided stage bigs

I'm not the type who spends his free time in training camp playing with his Playstation or playing cards on trips. The other players thought it was odd: There he is, reading again.

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training reading player

It looked pretty wild, but I was actually in control of myself. I've never really injured anyone throughout my career.

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injured careers

I would never have thought I was capable of sitting on the bench as the number two man. And it showed me that you can really achieve everything in life, even the unthinkable, as long as you're willing to work on yourself a little bit.

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numbers men two

The realization that you're not always standing down there on the field merely to win, to be successful, was very liberating. One can be successful by helping the team, the other players. All of a sudden I felt the kind of empathy for people that I hadn't felt before.

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team successful winning

I was so obsessed with football that you could say I was taking the goal home with me at night. And then one day the system fell apart.

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home football night

I have always seen myself as an athlete. Of course, I made the mistake of unintentionally opening the door to my private life by just a crack. I wouldn't do the same thing again. It has to be accepted that my private life is private, and if that isn't the case, I have to do something about it.

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athlete mistake doors

I've never really seen myself in the role of the victim.

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roles victim

A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

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germany team games

I want to successfully make the transition from a life in professional sports to another life, without running into major upheavals.

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transition running sports

After a decade in a club it's quite normal and necessary that you seek and take a new challenge.

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germany clubs challenges

Of course, success is a relative term. It can be something completely different from winning the German championship eight times or making millions.

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eight different winning