“I didn’t take many penalties, but I never missed one.”

I am not a dreamer. I am a football romantic.

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don’t really think about it.

Just like every person who works for Dortmund is a fan of the club, it was the same at Mainz.

Fighting football, not serenity football – that is what I like.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

Coaches will say that it’s not important for their team to run more, and they prefer to make games the right way.

What is Champions League level? I saw a lot of rubbish games at Champions League level.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

I’d be at home watching the games just on a normal TV, watching what I could and trying to figure out what we would be facing a few weeks later.

When I left Dortmund, I said it’s not important what people think when you come in but what they think when you leave.

I don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

That’s what you live for as a sportsman. You have to put up a fight.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

Perhaps there are a few more sprints. But there is a different style of football here, partially due to the weather.

I’m an absolutely normal guy.

In London, you’ll be walking around and, ‘Oh, there’s the ground.’ Every area of the city has a Premier League club. They all survive; they all exist with enough money, and that’s good.

The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.

The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.

At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.

Honestly, I haven’t the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

Love is the main generator of all good writing… Love, passion, compassion, are all welded together.

I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.