I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.
This is ludicrous. Seven- and eight-year-olds valiantly trying to cover the same acreage as those grown-up chaps in the Premier League is absurd. To add to the lunacy, a little goalkeeper, barely out of nappies, has to stand between posts that are eight strides apart - adult strides - and under a crossbar more than twice his height.
Paolo Maldini never won, but he was the best defender in the world. Gianluigi Buffon never won; he was the best goalkeeper in the world for many years. But this is the story of the Ballon d'Or.
In the end, you need to be a little masochistic to be a goalkeeper. A masochist and egocentric as well.
Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
You're always supposed to follow-up any cross or whatever towards the goalkeeper.
I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
To be a modern goalkeeper, I have to think offensively, to initiate our attacking moves safely and securely.
Neuer is the world's No.1 keeper and can be used as a role model for all young keepers. He has everything a goalkeeper needs to have.
I played handball up until I joined United, both as a goalkeeper and an outfield player.
