I am Andre Schurrle and I don't compare myself to others.

Andre Schurrle

Categorized in : Myself I Am Others Compare

It was an away game, I think in Poland. I ate some chicken and had really bad salmonella.

chicken game bad think

Sometimes I forget, then suddenly I find myself thinking, 'God - I won the World Cup, didn't I?'

myself god world thinking

In England you get fitness from playing.

playing get you fitness

Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.

i-am good situation team

I think I showed my qualities and the way I can play.

think i-can play way

When you come to a World Cup with Germany you are expected to win it.

come win you world

Winning is what matters. It's the most important thing.

the-most-important important winning

You can play perfect football, lots of one-touch stuff, and you lose. But that's not what you want, you want to win.

lose win you football

There's no point in playing well and losing.

point playing well losing

Germany are always among the favourites at major tournaments.

always major tournaments germany

I have been a Chelsea fan ever since I was a kid and I felt well there right until the last day.

right last day kid

Wolfsburg might be a smaller club when you look at reputations and I thought about it long and hard. I could have stayed at Chelsea. Mourinho told me that I would get my chance. You have to make a decision, though, and in the end I only wanted to play football again.

me you football long

When you speak about United, you speak about a big club and you know they have great players.

great know you speak

When I joined Leverkusen, they were regarded as a quiet club.

joined club were quiet

I think that the stiff competition for places is a positive thing.

places think competition positive

In the end, not only the team, but the players themselves benefit from having to prove their worth time and time again, too.

end prove team time

I always do my utmost both in training and during matches.

matches both always training

The coach is the one who eventually decides who makes the starting XI.

eventually coach who starting

I had a good time at Chelsea and was accepted in the team, so it's difficult to explain why I left. My performances were good as well, but there was a time in my second season when I felt I didn't have the manager's trust any more and I didn't play many matches from the start.

good trust team time

I don't know why Mourinho didn't trust me.

why know me trust