In the Bundesliga, you have Bayern Munich, and they win it every year. Or Dortmund.
We're FC Bayern, and we'll always send out a competitive team.
Some young players think that they want to be like Manuel Neuer.
When I played for Hannover I had several offers, also - as I have been told - from Hamburg, Bremen and Bayern. Back then I already was a German international and Bayern would have loved to have the complete German national team.
At Bayern, the people in charge are football men. I always appreciated that.
If you are at Bayern and lose to Dortmund, it is common that the media voices criticism.
Bayern Munich are a team that absolutely have to play in the Champions League.
Before leaving, I was seen as a good player, perhaps as a very good player, but as one of the many players that Bayern had. But if you play as a Real footballer, you get even more attention. Maybe that part from the fans I do not like so much.
I joined Bayern at the age of 11, and from then on it was all about being up to the competition. It doesn't matter who you face, you are always the favorite. You learn this at a young age. And this continues throughout your career at Bayern Munich, you are always the favorite or one of the favorites in every competition you are involved in.
To grow up and play for FC Bayern Munich and eventually Germany has been truly a dream come true.
Bayern know how to celebrate on a big scale.
I think that it is advantageous to join Bayern Munich at a young age.
Personally, I like Jerome Boateng. He is physically strong.
I celebrated great successes alongside exceptional players like Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, Manuel Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose, Luca Toni, and Franck Ribery.
When our players come from somewhere else, they sometimes show happiness when the game is 0-0 or 1-1, but we were brought up in an environment where we have to win. We are not satisfied with 0-0 or 1-1. This is the mentality of Bayern Munich.
When I arrived, Bayern were sitting at 14th place in the Bundesliga and weren't in the Champions League. Twelve years later, I left with 23 titles.
I enjoyed six marvellous years at Bayern winning many titles, but the fact is I don't plan on playing in Germany ever again.
I'm not scared of Bayern Munich.
Since I've been at Bayern, I have seen the Bundesliga grow.
David Alaba has a very good left foot. He's scored some good goals and free kicks.
Pep Guardiola, when he was at Bayern Munich, he was able to reply in German in his first press conference.
Arjen Robben, for instance, is a good player, and he helped me a lot with the international team.
There were rumors in the air that all these different clubs were looking at me but I didn't know which specific clubs. No one told me anything. And then I got a message: 'Bayern Munich want to meet you.' I was like: 'Oh my god. Really?' It was both exciting and scary. I just had to prove to myself that I could compete at this level.
With Bayern Munich, we had a lot of problems against Dortmund, always.
The rest of the Spice Girls wanted to invite the entire Bayern Munich team because they reckoned they'd never known blokes to be on top for 90 minutes and still come second.
