I love playing games, but also training.
Raul
Punctuality and showing respect in the workplace are the foundations of success. Success is meaningless without them. I'm always looking to pass these lessons on to younger players, because they are the secret of excelling and developing your game.
Playing on turf sometimes, not grass, makes it a little bit more difficult.
Contrary to what many say, Real are a unit. Individual brilliance is always a last resort.
I want Real Madrid to win it all in 2011-12. The Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey.
So once the game begins, it doesn't matter if it's 10, 20 or 80 thousand fans. The objective is to win the match, and that's where my focus is.
It's not for me to give anybody advice about their private life.
My departure from Madrid was my own choice. I had one year left on my contract, but I decided to go for a new professional experience, so I joined Schalke. I have no problem with the club and our rapport is good.
I was as excited when Beckham started to play with us as I am with the arrival of Cristiano.
Harry Kane is a typical striker. He scores in every single game. I think he has great qualities. I like him a lot.
It is not easy to change from player to coach.
I have been happy at Real Madrid and I will always be willing to help the club in whatever it needs.
I think Ancelotti is a great coach who has a great relationship with the players, but is also very demanding of them.
I was runner-up for the Ballon d'Or once and came third on another occasion. Could I have won it? Maybe. But I don't care. Football is a team sport.
I think Cristiano and Lionel Messi are two of the best players in the history of the game. Are they better than Pele or Diego Maradona? They are at the top, but I think it is difficult in football to say who is first or second or third.
Being a Real Madrid player is the greatest dream you can imagine.
It's a city that we have always liked. Who doesn't like New York? When you are here you do feel a bit more anonymous. Obviously, you still find people who recognize you, but it's nice to be able to go out and walk around and have it be a normal experience.
I believe that soccer in the United States lacks an idol and they should do everything possible to create one.
What Cristiano has been doing is huge, but Madrid have a great team with players who can still offer more. The important things is that they keep working as a unit.
I'm fully aware that Qatar are striving to become one of the leading sporting nations and they have big plans for football. Winning the honour of hosting the 2022 World Cup is the best possible proof of their intentions.
When I was a player I always said I would only play for Madrid.
I believe it's important to have a sporting director - someone to facilitate the communication between the club and the squad, and work on its planning. But not just at Madrid, at all teams.
When I go five games without a goal, there's always a debate. Everything else that I do on the pitch is never valued.
I speak with a lot of players who have stopped playing and they go to the gym for two hours a day and say 'now I run 10km a day.' When they were still playing they would complain about running for 10 minutes!
I have always been there to help the team, sometimes coming off the bench, other times as a starter.
I don't really understand what 'Galacticos' is supposed to mean. It's a term I dislike. I like football, pure and simple, and that concept isn't part of football. It's something else entirely.
The affection shown to me by the Schalke fans is extraordinary and unforgettable.
You need to take care of yourself, have a good diet, rest sufficiently and have a lot of enthusiasm.
Every season has its bad patches.
I like to work in a team. And for that you must have a structure that covers everything and that there is fluid communication.
Real Madrid is a very big club and bad results generate controversy.
Having Leo Messi and Barcelona is good for La Liga - it's a real delight.
What brought me here was a desire to keep playing and the exciting project the Cosmos proposed to me. As well as being able to play, which is my passion and what I like doing, they also gave me the chance to help develop a youth academy, where I can bring my experience and knowledge to bear.
Seasons are 10 months long and what matters is to get to the last two to three months in your best form.
I don't think Madrid would be Madrid without Barcelona and vice versa.
Schalke, for me, is a great adventure, and I wanted to experience new sensations away from Real Madrid.
The key is to be the best-prepared possible and that is my commitment to the club.
If you are lucky enough to avoid serious injuries then the body goes on; it's the mind that gives in. And it's the mind that you need to enable you to suffer pre-season every year.
The European leagues and teams are more competitive, very technical. It was good to work in Qatar - a good experience for me for the future. In the U.S.A., the teams and the players are improving every season.
The intensity and speed of the ball on turf are very different.
Schalke was a beautiful experience for me.
Everyone throughout the soccer world knows the Cosmos name and the legacy of the players that played for this team previously. They helped establish soccer in America and I'm honored to follow in their footsteps.
I know a lot of marathon runners who are at their best when they are close to 40. You say to yourself, 'It's 42 kilometres and they are 37 or 38 years old,' but the body can. What you have to make sure you don't lose is your head. That is the most important thing.
I think it's important to work with children and teach them the right way to train and play at a young age.
When I left Real, I left a great club but joined a great club.
I set the record at Real Madrid in the Champions League, but Ronaldo is one of the best players in the world.
I was close to joining Seattle Sounders when I left Schalke in 2012, but we decided to go to Qatar first.
I've always wanted to live in America with my family and learn more about its culture.
I'm not going to lie: not playing football will be very difficult for me.
The things you learn when you're young you don't forget.
