When United wanted me, I was like a horse with blinkers on. I was not interested in anyone else. City offered more money, but the team was weaker, and their history couldn't compete with United.

When I signed for United, I felt like it was a reward for everything that I'd been through in my life.

Nobody wants to play bad football in a game; everybody wants to win, and every player wants to show how good he is. But, you know, sometimes you simply have a game where nothing is happening.

Players want to enjoy their football and talk up their performances.

Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.

On the pitch, you can have the feeling that everything is happening for you, from passing to tackles.

Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.

It doesn't matter how many goals you score; one goal is enough if you don't let one in your net.

When you train with good players or watch matches on TV, you want to do what they do.

I just want to entertain and make people enjoy the game and smile.

I will dream about winning the Golden Ball until I stop playing.

When I set myself a target, I aim to reach it.

Because we are a small country, unlike England, Italy, or Brazil, we don't have as many good players.

For me, if the ball's in the net, it doesn't matter if it's an overhead kick or just a tap-in.

If we win 1-0, I don't care if the goalkeeper scores.

Every human being is different.

A player may have a future only if he respects the players who taught and advised him.

I don't play for the money.

Those who know me, my really close friends, know that I play for enjoyment and to entertain the fans.

I have handled pressure and expectation all through my life. I am not scared of it.

I wouldn't say I have felt troubled here at United. I am not troubled. I am lucky. I have loved my time here.

Every coach has their own philosophy for getting the best out of players, and sometimes these can seem strange to the public.

Obviously, I like to play a lot with the ball.

I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.

Football is a simple game. It is not difficult to play football: just pass the ball around.

I think every person is different in coping with pressure; every person thinks differently. For me, sometimes it is difficult because people expect so much of me.

I like to play like that, with beauty and grace.

I cannot speak for other players, but it is always good when the manager comes to ask how you're feeling and makes you feel calm before you play the game.

As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting for me to read!

When I play all the time, I play with a smile on my face, and then I can help my team with my goals and my game and the way I can play football.

When you come to a new club, the first two or three days are always a bit hectic.

Every team is going to lose; every team is going to win.

Football is a simple game.

It's always good to beat a top team like Chelsea.

My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United?

I don't play for money. I play for glory and winning championships.

I can't play for the national team if I'm not playing for my club.

I try to do different things, beautiful things, to play the game the way I see it, and I think I'm doing it pretty well.

Not everybody loves the way I play.

I left Manchester United with my head held very high. I gave 100 per cent, and no one could doubt my performances, especially when you compare how many minutes I actually played.

I was the Premier League's top goal scorer in 2010-11 and never wanted to be on the bench.

I never considered myself to be a star - only a forward working for the team.

I just want to play every game, and when I do this, and I'm healthy with no injuries, then the fans can see the way I play.

When you get a bit older, you gain more experience, and you try to put it to good use, to help yourself in different ways and also the young players.

I am not an icon.

I come from a small country, and I always dreamt big.

Dreams do come true sometimes.

Most players play with a dream that some day, when they have finished, people will tell their grandchildren that they were a good player. I am the same.

When a club legend becomes your manager, he automatically gets the attention of the players, purely because he had been there and done that.

Young players try and imitate the best players like Ronaldo. They try to imitate the hair, the clothes, the cars, the tricks. I try to tell them how hard Cristiano Ronaldo trained in training and after training. He only wanted to be the best. Everything else came after.