I'm very happy at Bayern.

I am the type of guy who regenerates very, very well.

No matter how often I was knocked to the ground, I always got up. Nothing knocks me down.

As a child, I played on the road against bigger players. Due to my technical skills, I've always got by.

I'm a fighter - I learned this as a child.

As a player, you would sometimes want a bit more public backing.

It would be a huge honour for me to wear the armband for Germany as the first black captain ever.

I have much to be grateful for at Bayern, and I feel super comfortable. I can't imagine being at another club.

I am happy to be a German. I'm proud, or I wouldn't be here in the team.

I didn't think every day, 'I'm world champion, I'm world champion,' not at all.

I wanted to set new goals, because if you say, 'Oh, I'm world champion,' you don't grow, and you don't keep your level.

I would like to concentrate fully on football during the Euro, and I would feel much better if my family is not sitting in the stadium.

I was young myself and reliant on older players to make room for me.

I will always look back with great pleasure on the time spent in the DFB team.

I've had three injuries, and one took from 2016 to 2017 for me to recover. Three months I was out because I wasn't perfect, and I lost a lot of games for this injury.

At Bayern, if you don't win the Champions League, it's always a criticism because we have a great team, but most of the people forget that there are other great teams, and it's not that we aren't special.

I purposely got involved in the American market, as I'm really interested in it. I find the way they do marketing there really cool.

We can only stop Cristiano Ronaldo as a team. In front of goal, he's like a machine. You can't shut him out completely; he always gets his chances in a game because of the lines he runs and his excellent timing.

It's difficult to leave FC Bayern. Everything has to fall in place to top this club if I do it.

I feel completely contented at Bayern - one of the biggest clubs in the world.

I had enquiries from Paris-Saint Germain and Manchester United, and I considered them.

I believe my strengths are my pace and reading of the game.

Under Pep Guardiola, it's hard work. For me, Guardiola is one of the best coaches I've ever met. He's incredibly clever and tactically really good, and he knows how to speak to us, how to motivate us, and that's what it is like.

I have always liked wearing clothes that help me stand out quietly, not loudly.