Manuel Neuer Quotes

My personal goals have always and will always take a backseat to the team.

I'm trying to do whatever it takes to help my team.

Keep doing what you have to do to help the team out.

That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

I tend to choose collaborators who are more courageous than I am. I think it's good for me.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.

A player has to think a lot bigger than himself personally, regardless of his situation.

I knew that to be successful, I had to be more than a scorer. I had to become a leader. It's not about scoring. It's about doing what my team needs me to do.

I think that my team is more important than me.

I'm a team player who needs to work a lot and sacrifice myself for the success of the group.

Obviously I have personal goals in my mind, but I put the team first.

It would be great to win the Ballon d'Or, but first, I'm thinking about the team's interest and not my personal ones.

At the end of the day, I want to help my team out as much as possible in any way I can.

Anything that I can do individually to help our team is what I want to do.

I'm a team guy, obviously. When a team needs me to be aggressive, I have to be aggressive.

I want to show my team I'm for the team. I want them to see I'm in it for them, not for me.

I always want to do whatever it takes - whatever I possibly can - to help my team-mates on the pitch.

I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for you.'

When teams are really out on me, I'm trying to drag them out as much as possible so my teammates can make plays.

That's what good players do, try to help their team.