“Bad things can happen even to the best players.”

You have to maintain a sense of unity – a good atmosphere where everyone feels happy is one of the keys to success, and that’s something you shouldn’t lose.

I think of myself as a great player, but the fans have to decide whether that’s true.

We’ve had to handle defeat many times, and you can’t drawn any conclusions.

Sometimes you lose; that is football.

I think of myself as someone who gives everything, and I wake up every day wanting to keep growing.

It’s up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

Disrespect is bad for the atmosphere around a team.

I don’t care whether I play on the right or in the centre. All I want is for the coach to have faith in me.

Every day, I wake up eager to learn new things, and I am grateful to Mourinho for that.

Whenever we lose, it is a sad day.

I keep my opinions to myself. I’ve always said that everyone is free to think what you like.

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.

I wake up every day with tremendous enthusiasm.

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

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.

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.

When my son will be born, my first goal will be for him. The rest, will be as always for my grandmother.

You have got to love the game.

The one thing that I really dislike, is being alone.