The Bundesliga is a lucrative league, and in Germany, the best club is Bayern, and I wanted to play for the best club in Germany.

As a goalkeeper, I talk a lot to my fellow players on and off the pitch.

It's difficult when you don't take part in team training and have to train alone.

For me, it's more important to win a team award, like a World Cup.

Sometimes you can say it is boring being in goal, but what is important is I am in communication with the defence.

Personal success means nothing if it isn't aligned with the success of the team. I consider myself to be a team player more than anything else.

For me, the main thing is that I continually improve my game and make sure I keep setting the bar high.

As for being the best goalkeeper in the world, it's been written occasionally, but I'd never say it myself.

As a keeper, you can't be afraid.

I have always been interested in finding new ways to play and have looked at handball keepers and ice hockey goal-minders. It helps me.

A keeper has to adjust his game to the team. If the team moves further up, he has to do the same. It's nothing I've invented.

A fit player has good and bad times during a season, and you have that in rehab, too.

One of the great things about being a professional football player is visiting countries and seeing cultures you might never see.

I got my first football when I was two and played my first proper game before I was five. So nothing else was ever an option!

I have a good record in shoot-outs. In such moments, I'm always confident of making at least a couple of stops; I always feel the taker is under more strain. Worrying is the kicker's job, as he's expected to score, while I have nothing to lose.

If I think I will get the ball, I go out. I can't stop halfway because the goal is empty and the player would have the opportunity to shoot. You make the reaction, and then, of course, you have to be sure to get the ball. But it's years of practice. You can't say from one day to the other, 'Now I will do it,' you know? You have to feel it.

In life, I'm a guy who likes to drive a car quite fast, but I wear a seat belt at the same time.

I consider that part of my job as a pro: to know who you're up against and how the attacking players play, what kind of characteristics they have, their qualities, how they move, their preferred foot.

We know from experience that anything can happen in games against strong opponents; nuances can make the difference.

As players at Bayern, we're not interested in any boredom - we're interested in picking up three points each game.

I am always motivated.

FC Bayern are only my second club.

I think I am capable of captaincy.

It's easier to fine tune in club football, and you have the chance to win the Champions League every year.