Manuel Neuer Quotes

It is very easy to make athletes, and it is very difficult to make rugby players with that rugby instinct. I would like to think I have got a bit of rugby instinct and have become more of a rugby athlete along the way.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

As a goalkeeper experience is a massive thing, and there is nothing better than playing games, which thankfully I managed to do at the Olympics.

My coach has taught me since 5 years old, and he stresses not just the quality of training but the mental part. Technique and the mental game have to mesh, balance.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

In football, 80% of the game is played in your head; the other 20% is physical and tactical.

I'm getting a lot better with my conditioning, making smarter moves on the floor.

Been dealing with pressure since I've been playing sports, so that's why I play the position. It's a pressure-packed position and I love it.

At Milan, Kaka used to work even when we had two or three days off. And our fitness coach, Daniele Tognaccini, made him run.

I'm one of those athletes, I compete better for coaches that I have a lot of love and respect for.

I just enjoy training. I enjoy being there, enjoy coming into games and training sessions where I can feel that I'm as good or better than the players I have to play against or with.

I have one thing in mind: make the most out of football.

I think competing gets overlooked sometimes. The competitiveness that you bring to a game and an at-bat, it can go a long way. It really can.

I have confidence in myself, which is vital to be a Barca keeper.

Psychology is a big part of sport that some people do not realise. But it is a skill you have to practice.

I don't think any other college coach could have prepared me as well as Coach Bennett, just in terms of mental toughness, being able to grasp concepts and retain information.

I feel like I have built different aspects of my game, not just scoring goals.

Since a very young age, I've dreamt of being a professional soccer player, and from a psychological and mental aspect, I've tried to prepare myself to be a good player.

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

Football is all about self-confidence.

I watch all my goals before every game on the coach.

I'm 100 percent a byproduct of my sport. I always tell my teammates that I only have muscles where they get to play.

I decided to work really hard in 1987. I hired Matt Doyle, a former pro player, and he helped me with my physical training. Lendl was the first to focus on that. He used to be weak, physically and mentally.

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

I'm not happy when I do let goals in... what keeper is?