"Being called up to the national team is about going with them, playing the best you possibly can, and trying to win. That's how I understand it."

"For me, coming to the national team is like coming home."

"I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time."

"Arbeloa said he was my friend, but I don't consider him my friend - maybe someone I know, but not my friend."

"Anything can happen in the Clasico."

"I think Jurgen Klopp is doing a great job at Liveprool. The style of play is the opposite of Guardiola."

"We want the best players to be at Barcelona."

"When you're in the semi-finals of the Champions League, you need to be really good and need a little bit of luck."

"It seems like when I don't talk so much, people praise my performances more."

"I've been playing very well for a number of years."

"To have the chance to win the treble is very good and rare."

"I'll retire at Barca. I don't know when - the older I am, the better. I'm sure about that; I can't see myself wearing any other shirt."

"I don't associate this sport with anything except Barcelona."

"There comes a point when you realise that you're storming forward, that you can beat anyone, and this is what has ended up winning us the league and putting us in two finals."

"Negredo is an exceptional player."

"I arrived when I was a kid; I was just 17. I would have liked to have played more, but I learned a lot in Manchester."

"I'm not cut out to be a coach."

"I want to be president of Barcelona - that's my dream."

"Messi often has a crowd of opponents around him, but with Neymar on the pitch, too, at least two of those opposition players will have to be aware of him."

"I have to devote my time and thoughts to training and playing."

"Players like Neymar are great for football."

"I hope to keep being competitive until I retire, and I hope that's here. It's Barca or nothing."

"Sometimes you're more involved in controversy, and at other times, you're disconnected."

"At Barcelona, we didn't do gym work until the age of 18. That was really hard."