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.
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.
It is something very special when you can win a league title, because it is the one that you play all year for.
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.
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.
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?
Mario Gotze is a great player, but one of my favourites is Marco Reus, who is a fantastic player, and one of the very best.
As German players we have something special inside us, because of our football history. We know we have to win, it is what is expected, so we have a good focus.
The main reason to come to England and Chelsea was to play with a great team. Money and the chance to live in a city like London are additional factors.
Playing for Chelsea I have to be more ruthless than in the German team, where I have managed to earn myself a different status over the years.
I don't want to look back on my career at some point and say, 'What a pity, I came close a few times, but it was never good enough.'
If you want to work as a coach for longer term you need consistency, trust in the club and also the environment around the club.
In training, for example, when you feel your position on the team is in danger then you have to be fully focused.
That's what counts for you as a player if you are on a high salary and you are earning, let's say, enough money, which you normally can't spend in your lifetime. It's something you should really think about - where you play, what level you play, the audience.
You love what you do but it's still a job and you are limited in the time to earn money and you think about it if someone makes you a crazy offer.
Football in Europe is No. 1 - that is what everyone watches because the best players in the world compete in this area.
I am happy to play in the Premier League. It's a competition which encourages players to give only their very best week in, week out and you have to be 100%.
You always need time to adapt to a new manager. But in football if you don't get a result, you are under pressure.
The coach is the first person who is under pressure but when a new manager comes you should give him time.