Oliver Kahn Quotes

• Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.

  Oliver Kahn

  Insanity, Needs, Elements

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.

  Oliver Kahn

  Athlete, Player, Giving

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• I think Neuer changed the game of goalkeeping in the World Cup.

  Oliver Kahn

  Thinking, Games, World

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• The goalkeeper plays in a psychological position, and he's dealing with mental things. I wanted to describe the things I've done wrong and, most of all, what I've done right, so that other people, including those in other professions, could learn from my experiences.

  Oliver Kahn

  Play, People, Done

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.

  Oliver Kahn

  Play, Trying, Ifs

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• It took me a long time to realize that football isn't martyrdom, but a game that's enjoyable, and one in which getting better at it is supposed to be fun. Perhaps it would have been better if I had understood this as a young man.

  Oliver Kahn

  Football, Fun, Men

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win.

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  Equipo, Ganar, Jugador

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• I'm not the type who spends his free time in training camp playing with his Playstation or playing cards on trips. The other players thought it was odd: There he is, reading again.

  Oliver Kahn

  Reading, Player, Training

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• Big matches on the big stage are often decided at the back.

  Oliver Kahn

  Bigs, Stage, Decided

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• I would never have thought I was capable of sitting on the bench as the number two man. And it showed me that you can really achieve everything in life, even the unthinkable, as long as you're willing to work on yourself a little bit.

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  Hombres, Dos, Números

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• It looked pretty wild, but I was actually in control of myself. I've never really injured anyone throughout my career.

  Oliver Kahn

  Careers, Injured

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• I am firmly convinced that you shouldn't necessarily emphasize hedonism, especially at the beginning of a career, but should instead focus entirely on performance.

  Oliver Kahn

  Careers, Focus, Should

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• Darse cuenta de que uno no siempre está en el campo sólo para ganar, para tener éxito, fue muy liberador. Uno puede tener éxito ayudando al equipo, a los otros jugadores. De repente sentí una empatía por la gente que no había sentido antes.

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  Team, Successful, Winning

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• I was so obsessed with football that you could say I was taking the goal home with me at night. And then one day the system fell apart.

  Oliver Kahn

  Football, Home, Night

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.

  Oliver Kahn

  Successful, Winning, Player

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• I have always seen myself as an athlete. Of course, I made the mistake of unintentionally opening the door to my private life by just a crack. I wouldn't do the same thing again. It has to be accepted that my private life is private, and if that isn't the case, I have to do something about it.

  Oliver Kahn

  Mistake, Athlete, Doors

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• I've never really seen myself in the role of the victim.

  Oliver Kahn

  Roles, Victim

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island.

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  Team, Islands, Munich

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• It's part of my game to occasionally send a message, one that may be unpopular to the outside world, but can be important for the team.

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  Team, Games, Important

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• Of course, success is a relative term. It can be something completely different from winning the German championship eight times or making millions.

  Oliver Kahn

  Winning, Eight, Different

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.

  Oliver Kahn

  Needs, World, Cups

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

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  Team, Games, Germany

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• After a decade in a club it's quite normal and necessary that you seek and take a new challenge.

  Oliver Kahn

  Challenges, Germany, Clubs

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• I want to successfully make the transition from a life in professional sports to another life, without running into major upheavals.

  Oliver Kahn

  Sports, Running, Transition

  "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

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• When you look at our programme for the next few weeks, you do not fancy a trip to the Oktoberfest.

  Oliver Kahn

  Journey, Looks, Fancy

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