'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.

I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

These days, I'm always trying to have lots of touches, to be involved, and to play my football for 90 minutes.

Every play should be 90 minutes. There would be so many more theatre-goers if plays were shorter.

I miss walking out of the tunnel, the 90 minutes and the adrenalin rush that I'll never, ever replace.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.