” When you get a little bit older, you’re always trying to do something different from your siblings. “
” Keeping up your concentration is one of the hardest tasks when you’re a centre-back because a team like Bayern tend to dominate and can give you sense of false security. “
” You mostly defend with your head, always reacting to the movement of opponents and teammates. I had to become more aware of that, play with much more consideration, the way you drive a car: you always need to look left, right, and the rear mirror to see what’s going on around you. “
” It’s absolutely fine to be a bit more reactive and not chase after the ball at times. But you cannot be passive. “
” When you have two daughters, you are complete. The whole day changes for you. It’s a lot about them, how you act, how you feel, and when they were born, it’s a completely new situation… Of course, sometimes you have to say, ‘No, this isn’t right.’ But I always wanted to be a young father, and I am very proud of them. “
” It is not a normal game when you play against your brother. “
” When you fall down or slip in a situation, and somebody scores a goal, it’s normal. These things happen. It happens to me, it happens to other players, I don’t care about these things. “
” Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win, sometimes you are unlucky, but that’s life. “
” You meet somebody on a bus or something, and they say, ‘Thank you for the World Cup, it was so good to see,’ and stuff like this – it’s funny. “
” You don’t get anywhere without hard work. The earlier you understand that, the better. “
” Over the years, you get better at timing because you’ve been through the situations thousands of times. The ball goes over your head, he passes you on the right, left. Eventually, you just know what you have to do. “
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