Work goes well if you give your best with the guy beside you.

It's important to keep winning games.

I never complained about my teammates, and I have to thank them because they always supported me and never allowed me to give up.

I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.

I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big 'thank you' for the love they show me.

I thought it was very important to keep growing with Atletico and to play there for many years.

I want to be on the pitch, and I want to be cool.

Sometimes I even tell my relatives and my friends that I get a lot of love from the fans, and I'm not sure if it's deserved.

I don't need to hit people in order to play good football. I'm not a boxer after all.

People ended up not thinking much of me. They saw me as a bit of a troublemaker. It's important to change people's impressions.

I always commit myself to the teams I play for and always want to win. I hate losing. It's just that, at times, I go about things the wrong way, and that created problems.

I grew up thinking a bit of pushing and shoving was completely normal. Then I suddenly learned that if you kick another player, you get in trouble. Nobody had ever reprimanded me for that before.

Atletico know I have a special feeling for the team. I lived the best moment of my career there.

I've done everything to come back to Atletico, but I wouldn't fight the same to return. When Atletico didn't wait for me, I had to go to Conte with the tail between my legs.

I'm just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.

I think anyone in life, everyone in the world, no matter what work they do, they should think of wanting to get on, to win, improve.

I don't think I am the type of person who thinks, 'I dunno. Things are getting on top of me.' It's not that I think I'm any different to most people. I always make a big effort, to fight with all my strength, make the best of a situation, and always want to win.

The truth is I'm fairly relaxed.

You know when you have a manager that is always successful, is always in the title race and always playing in the Champions League.

The best way to attack is to defend well.

Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.

I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.

Afterwards, when the match is over, I have my family and my friends. I have fun like a normal person.

It is not easy for me to pick out one goal or match as my favourite, but if I had to choose one Wembley memory, it would probably be my free-kick against Portsmouth in 2010.

Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am to win more medals.

I can only watch calmly if the match is decided or my team are dominating. But I get passionate very easily.

I don't go into a game with specific targets. I don't pinpoint an opposing player before a match, trying to exploit a kind of weakness.

If you pinpointed someone before the kick-off, probably you would become embroiled in a fight, and you would be distracted from what really matters and not play well.

Obviously, I have to enjoy all I have. People depend on you, and now I can look back at everything I've gone through to get here with a different perspective.

I am glad I have given my family the life I wanted for them. That is my responsibility.

I look back, and I know what I left behind in Lagarto when I pursued my own dream.

On the pitch, I will always be like that. That's my character, and I will always compete and compete - always. I'm a different guy off the pitch, as you can see, but on the pitch, I will not change.

I want to be competitive; I want to run all over - I want to win.

I can accept defeat, but I love to win and be competitive. It is my job, and I love it.

I train all week just to play for 90 minutes. I love playing games, and so during those 90 minutes, it's always 100 per cent.

2010 was a magical year and was unforgettable.

You never know for sure whether a player will adapt to a new country until he gets there.

With a good start, players can relax a bit more and aren't so anxious throughout the season.

I'm friendly - I've never changed - but some people can be intimidated to approach you, especially younger footballers.

I try to do my best both on and off the pitch, giving a good image in my behaviour.

I was very young at Manchester United, and I feel that I was just starting to find my feet when I was sold and Rooney was brought in.

Competition keeps you young. It motivates you. It challenges your ego. Messi and Ronaldo have this with each other.

Sometimes, in the last minute, against big teams... you never expect you have the chance to win, but there is that 'garra' that everyone talks about.

In England, the club presidents do not seek publicity or have a high profile. In Spain, they like to be considered the most important person at the club.

I have huge respect for Porto, a great club that's always in the hunt for titles, but they aren't Real Madrid, one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Ancelotti is one of the best coaches and has proved this by winning trophies.

People have high expectations of me, and I want to fulfil them.

The Italian Fabio Cannavaro, who was with Real Madrid when I played against him several times, was the best player in the world in 2006. He wasn't tall, but very quick and strong. He always knew his opponents well, as if he'd researched them.

Every manager goes through bad times.

I try to see the positive side of things.