Schalke will always be a part of my life.

It's important to get match rhythm.

The demands at Real Madrid are huge. The expectations are enormous. Sometimes, it is good. When you're winning, it's an amazing place and the fans are happy.

This is Real Madrid. You have to win titles every year. And if you don't? Oof, it's complicated.

My first choice will always be Real Madrid, but working at a global level for La Liga can't possibly offend anyone.

It is necessary that the coach has things as he wants.

I love to play, but to coach is very different.

Joining Madrid is the best thing that could happen to anyone.

I respect the decisions other players make but my life has always been about playing and all the rest of it did not really interest me.

At clubs with constant media attention it is harder.

In my head the word surrender has never existed, because that is what Real Madrid is about.

I like to do things step by step.

I spent 17 years at Real Madrid and nobody can doubt that I'm a 'madridista.'

I never tire of repeating that I feel at home at Schalke.

I'm fortunate to have a great family.

It is clear that Schalke is a special club and it is because of their fans.

I'm not a star. I am a football player, a team player.

A player does not make a team.

When you change coach it's because things have not gone well.

I've devoted my life to doing what I love: playing football.

A champion's thirst for titles should be insatiable.

You have to respect the existence of God. If He has given you the power to throw your weight around, then you mustn't misuse it.

I'm a God-fearing person.

Computers used to petrify me before I figured it was just a matter of getting used to them.

A friend of mine created an email ID for me, and I was completely hooked soon after. I would mail friends constantly and lug my laptop everywhere just to listen to some music.

You are the best lessons you learn from life. I have grown up learning from my life.

There is a world and life beyond films. My charity work keeps me in touch with that world.

When I see people scratching and clawing towards ambition and greed, I wonder why they are doing it and for what.

I believe you must enjoy the life that God has given you. Cherish it, because it is all you have. You could be here right now, and in two seconds, you could be gone.

Crimes against women are growing day by day. Despite this, the mindset of our leaders, politicians, or judicial system is not changing.

As women, we need to give the right upbringing to our sons so that they respect, protect, and help the weaker sex instead of bullying them.

I am proud to say that our industry is making films like 'PINK,' 'Maatr,' and 'Mom.'

I get many scripts and films, but I refuse most of them because I have done such roles before.

I'm a survivor.

Throughout school, I've faced ridicule and been complexed about my appearance. I almost turned into a nervous wreck. Peer pressure is bad. Children can be really cruel. Specially if you're not like everyone else.

Being an actor, your focus is just on your craft and how to make it better, but production is a much bigger task - putting everything together.

My dad taught me very early in life that whenever a child learns to walk, he falls a lot of times, but then he picks himself up and learns to walk like a man, and that is something which is a motto in life as well. You gotta pick yourself up, and you gotta walk, and you gotta walk strong.

'Slumdog Millionaire' has truly opened newer avenues for India.

I was, at one point of time, known as the mast-mast girl, and though I must admit it's something I had no qualms with, I've moved on now.

I always believe that one should be able to deal with any situations.

When I was in my college, I remember travelling by buses to tutions, and I have travelled by local trains as well.

One of my favorite outfits is one I picked up on a trip to Chandigarh. I've worn it once and am skeptical about wearing it again in spite of loving it so much, thanks to the 'fashion police' who won't wait a second to splash it out in the papers or feature me in the 'same to same' blog.

What is the obsession with not repeating clothes or making appearances that have been similar to the one's we've made in the past? Why is the fashion police so intense? What do they expect from us? What kind of pressure is this?

We have so much poverty in our country. Not every parent can afford to buy their kids all the frills and perks, but teenagers still demand it, and are we responsible for it!

If I had all the time in the world to waste, I'd really love to see what the members of the so-called-fashion-police sport. Do they not repeat their clothes, shoes, bags?

My policy in life is to live and let live.

I am a huge Kishore Kumar fan. What can I say? The man was born to entertain!

Acting is in my blood.

The purpose of an actress is not to just look beautiful and strut around like a peacock but act, too.

An actress who has worked most of her life is suddenly expected to slow down and her work taken away from her completely after marriage.