It's important in sport and life, if you do something with confidence you always do it better. That's the same in football and everything else.

You cannot just win every single game by three, four or five goals and then when you come into the last 16 playing a good team, 1-0 down, expect to turn it around easily. It's not always like that.

If I'm needed, I'm ready to help the team wherever.

We always feel when we're able to score the first goal or an early goal, we feel like we are unstoppable.

When you are not able to score the first goal, maybe we get nervous and don't 100% feel the confidence is there and we have to be patient.

When you are in front and top of the table, it feels great to look at it.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two best teachers in the world.

Klopp's philosophy? Getting the ball back, a quick switching game, combinations and then ice cold in front of goal.

Pep has so much charisma that always makes you give more than 100 per cent, not only in matches, but in training too. His way of understanding the game also suits my style perfectly.

Football has to keep being part of my daily routine!

I am always open-minded for challenges.

I would be absolutely delighted if I were to have a career similar to that of Schweinsteiger, both at club and international level. We all know what he has done for German football. It is an honour to be likened to him.

The Premier League is the best league in the world in my opinion.

It would be the completely wrong thing to go into games with fear.

Football is our life, not politics.

I wish that sometimes there is a little more honesty and that you can discuss things openly. There should not be taboo subjects.

I have no problem with answering questions honestly or even looking outside the box and answering private questions.

It's bad if you disguise yourself, I honestly cannot see it anymore when you're after the game, always asked the same questions and give pre-programmed answers. I do not know if there is a solution for that. I don't know if you can, want or should change it. But sometimes I just wish for a little more.

To be honest I think watching from the sidelines is one of the most difficult things.

I try to do my best in training and to get in shape and be prepared.

Believe me: Everyone at City knows about Timo Werner. Many of my team-mates asked what kind of guy he is. He deserves respect.

In my opinion, Havertz is even better than Ballack in terms of his playing ability.

We do not only have a Turkish side, inherited from our parents and our families, we were born and raised in Gelsenkirchen. It is a city with a high percentage of emigrants.

We are used to the whistles of the opposing fans, but when we are booed by our own fans, it's hard to live with.

In sporting terms, I'm very satisfied with City - there are less attractive jobs in Europe!

I have noticed that, for fans in England, the Premier League stands above the rest.

You can't defend against Thomas Muller, it's extremely difficult for defenders. As an opposing player, you never know what he's going to do next.

Of course, in the end it is all about what happens on the pitch, but it helps to have all the fans behind you.

Pep's arrival at City was the biggest factor in me coming here. Every player wants to works with him. If you ask any player, they would be happy to do so even if it was just for a few months.

I think people always criticise Mesut because they think his attitude on the pitch is not a good one, that he doesn't care that much. But I think people just struggle to accept that you can have the more emotional kind of players, the more aggressive ones and you have players like him, you know, that need maybe this calmness for their game.

You have to learn how to behave in these kind of moments when you are not able to control the game 100 per cent.

I like to have the ball, to have possession and to play passes, to create chances for my team-mates. I think that is what makes me strong.

You know it's part of football to lose, it belongs to it and its necessary because then you know what a feeling it is to win and you want to achieve that more and more. If you lose you appreciate winning a little bit more.

Winning the Champions League is what you dream about when you are a small child.

I see myself as a mix between number six and number eight in central midfield - this is the best position for me, as a box-to-box midfielder.

I like to have the ball and play beautiful football. That's what the people want to see and what makes football so special.

I speak German, Turkish and English perfectly. And I can communicate in Russian.

In a team like Manchester City, Arsenal, and other big clubs, it's quite difficult just to have the same 11 players starting every week.

From my own experience, the more you play, back-to-back games, the better you feel, with more self confidence and rhythm.

Taffarel was also outstanding when Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup in 2000. I watched the games of 'Gala' a lot in my childhood.

If I have the space, I recognise the space, I like to take the ball and go straight to the goal, if there's a chance to create something then I'll do it.

I like to have the ball first of all and to pass, these short passes to create the space at the right moment.

When you have no concerns in your mind you are able to win a lot of times, that's how I felt when we were able to win at Dortmund.

The idea of my parents was to keep us away from the streets. Gelsenkirchen is not a rich city. The crime is above average so they always tried to keep us away from bad things, and I think they were successful.

I can imagine it's not attractive for the spectators when we play teams with 10 players around their own box, just defending and hoping for a set-piece or throw-in, anything.

My parents wanted me to have a good education, so I finished school, and at the same time I was able to play football.

I grew up in a very multi-cultural society.

If you are a great manager you have to have a great personality.

When it comes to the game they both focus on different things. Pep is maybe more about positions, dominating the ball while Jurgen is maybe more like winning the ball and trying to score goals as quick as possible with high intensity.

A player can have all the quality and everything it takes to play for a big-six team or to play for the best teams in the world but then sometimes it happens and it doesn't work out. It's not because of the player or the club, sometimes it's just the environment, it's the wrong timing.