Quotes from Miroslav Klose

Fishermen and coaches have one thing in common: both need to be very patient.

I might have a different understanding of the term 'football star.' If I shoot a few balls after training, it's perfectly normal that I collect them afterwards.

I enjoyed my biggest successes with the national team.

Of course you want to coach in the Bundesliga when you move into coaching.

It would be a joke to compare Gerd Muller to other strikers. What he achieved, the number of games and the goals scored, is unique. That's what I have told him in person.

I am convinced that when the team plays well, the attackers will have chances to score - and that's why I will have the chance to score.

As a player, I was always interested in tactics and how I can get better.

An internship with Pep Guardiola would be a huge present.

Personally, I always think that players like Diego Forlan are fantastic.

I've won fair-play prizes, but that's just my nature, my character. This is who I am, and I do not feel the need to hide the real me.

I've been exposed to so many different cultures.

It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

In a final, anything is possible.

Winning the World Cup was a dream come true.

Teams in the past have been slow starters yet gone on to win the World Cup.

I don't personally think of myself as an icon, but it's definitely an incredible thing. Scoring 16 goals at the World Cup is something you only usually dream about.

There's no better way for me to end my time with the German team than by winning the World Cup.

Those who know me well know that the World Cup is my goal.

A World Cup is always something special and simply indescribable - and being able to hold something in your hands at the end of it all is just incredible.

I could have moved to Russia, earned more money, and felt more relaxed. But I chose another option and joined Lazio.

I'm not worried that Germany will always have strikers that are of international calibre.

I can only repeat, I would never compare myself to Gerd Muller.

I was born in Poland, and then I was six years in France. I returned to Poland, and then, at the age of eight and a half, we came to Germany.

I spent five years in Italy, and the Italians have a slightly different lifestyle. Everything is a bit slower and more easygoing. You can feel that when you live there; you become a little more relaxed about typically 'German' things like accuracy and punctuality.