“I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team.”

It’s at times like these that mental strength and training are key.

We are at a good level. Our secret is that we play the same way against each opponent.

Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn’t thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I’m just happy with a ball at my feet.

Nobody said it was going to be easy. One more step – Nobody said it was an easy game. Another big step.

Little by little, I’m getting better all the time. I’ve not lost the passion to play.

I always had the same style of play. I didn’t really worry about people kicking me.

I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world.

We continue training, to recharge, to continue striving and do our best. We will return to the field to leave everything.

Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible. But that trait is not something I’ve worked on, it’s part of me.

Barcelona is my life, they have brought me to where I am today, I could not leave, I don’t want to leave. My heart stays with Barcelona.

As always, it’s a pleasure to get together with our fans at training and feel that they’re even closer to us. Ever grateful for your support!

My family always gave me love and accompanied me in each of my challenges.

My ambition is always to get better and better.

Sometimes you have to accept you can’t win all the time.

It is the time to be responsible and stay at home, it is also perfect to enjoy that time with your loved ones that you cannot always have.

You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.

It is good to have competition.

I would love to win the Ballon d’Or, but honestly, I’m not even thinking about it.

There are sometimes easier games and others harder, but the Champions League always requires enormous concentration.

When you win many titles, the rivals are full of antipathy towards you.

Bad things can happen even to the best players.

We live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things. Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.

I don’t need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I’ll show you what I can do.

When the year starts, the objective is to win with all the team, personal records are secondary.