When evaluating the players, too little emphasis is placed on the individual. Reaction times are measured, stress situations are simulated, sleep behaviour is analysed, eating behaviour, how the body reacts - everything is available. The control over the players has got out of hand. They are judged on this data, albeit subjectively. That's madness.

A lot of things have to come together to win a World Cup.

Sometimes you can lose games unluckily or the other team is better than you and has a great day as well. That can happen in football.

In 2006 I ended up at Chelsea on a free transfer, so Bayern did not see a euro for me.

I think that's the philosophy of all top teams - to educate young, top players and to give them the possibility to play.

Ancelotti showed in the past, that he can work with different teams and different players.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

I had a great career. But not to win a big international title is also part of my career.

I had a lot of emotional days at Chelsea, some that did not really end well, especially in the Champions League.

As soon as I knew I was leaving Chelsea, our first thought was to return to Germany.

With a coach like Mourinho, it's probably easier for a club to get top stars.

You don't step back and have less motivation when you get older, the opposite is true. You become more focused, more professional in terms of things like looking after your body and more determined because you can see all the younger players coming up, looking for your place.

When you're young it's football, football, football. Then you get a family, kids come into things and you find you have a broader view of life. You get your inspiration from many different places.

I've had a few injuries and if you can't carry on, that's always a bad sign. Sometimes it's bruising or sometimes it's a nerve that stops you.

The first league game always feels different from the pre-season friendlies.

Of course, you want to win something and be as successful as possible as an individual player. It is normal to look around and think, 'With what club can I achieve that with?'

Chelsea is an ambitious club and it will always be possible that a coach and the players are competitive at the highest level.

Players sometimes don't want to have this heavy weight on their shoulders to carry the team or to get asked in certain situations to have that responsibility.

Sure, Mourinho was obviously crucial for my move to Chelsea.

Football has never been about young or old players - it is about good or bad players. If you're 13 or 31 and good enough, you're not too young or old.

It's always disappointing to lose a final.

I didn't join Chelsea to lose things. I came because the Premier League is the strongest in the world and I am playing for one of the strongest teams.

I wanted to go outside of Germany and I saw English football as a big, big challenge.

I've learned to adapt to the pace of the English game and a different style of football in the Premier League.

At 36 years old I can look back on a long and wonderful time in professional football, which I could never have dreamed of as a child.

It was a privilege to work with world-class coaches and fantastic players.

Germany is a nation which must always win.

Having 18 or 20 class players is a luxurious problem, and it doesn't mean that you have to play them all.

You need a certain amount of inner aggression, a bit of anger about you and the others in order to give your maximum.

If too much harmony dominates, then aggression can get lost.

It's good for your career as a sportsman if you watch other professional sports - how they're behaving and how they react in difficult situations.

Of course there should be training sessions open to the public, but not always.

In the summer, during the holidays, there would be 5,000 people each day at training with Bayern Munich and that makes it hard to concentrate.

Everybody has to play for their team and accept his role, even if you are in a defensive position sometimes. That is the key if you want to have success.

We have to focus on ourselves and if we play the best we can we can win the league.

Italian teams are difficult to beat even if they play away.

I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.

You want to win everything possible and you try it every year, but you can't win everything, we know this as well but we have to play good football, we have to get the best of our team.

It is not about the system, it is about how individuals perform on the pitch and whether they do the right things, so it is not as simple as just picking a system.

Chelsea have given me the opportunity to play in a top team with top players, so I will try to be as successful as possible here.

Football is not about possession or playing a nice passing game. Football is about winning games.

A team can have quality but it's also about personality and how they can grow.

I played in the Champions League constantly for 12 or 13 years in my career, and I reached only two finals. I know how difficult it is to get to that point.

In football, if you have a big break after a disappointment you can stew on things, and that hurts you.

Pogba is a great talent.

London is a brilliant city.

Titles are sometimes overrated.

Of course Lothar Matthaus is always going to be associated with the 1990 World Cup. But does everyone immediately remember what titles Gunter Netzer, Johan Cruyff or Luis Figo won? Or do they also think about how those players played their football and how they led their teams?

I hope that people will remember me as a special footballer.

Very good players have no problem moving to a different country.