Being the captain is a great privilege and a responsibility to lead a great group with different cultures.
Sergio Ramos
To become a great player, you've got to show real dedication and commitment to football, and you've got to be very humble and hard-working. And, above all, you've got to fight to make your dreams come true.
Whoever says Real Madrid are dead is always proved wrong in the long term.
I think of myself as someone who gives everything, and I wake up every day wanting to keep growing.
I'm a very temperamental person, but when you are wearing the captain's armband for Real Madrid or the national team, it's best to express yourself in a different way. You have to maintain a sense of unity - a good atmosphere where everyone feels happy is one of the keys to success, and that's something you shouldn't lose.
There are many penalties which referees don't see. Sometimes they are right, and many other times, they are wrong. That is football.
I wake up every day with a smile, and in that sense, I feel the same as I did when I arrived at Real Madrid in 2005.
I like that defender-versus-striker battle, that challenge.
We have to keep calm and stick together; that's the key to success.
Sometimes officials should look at English football and let us play more. I like their system because, in Europe, their referees are more lenient.
Football is to unite, not separate.
Since Carlo Ancelotti has arrived, he had emphasised hard work and intensity, and now that is what Real Madrid are associated with. He has playing experience, which makes him different to other coaches.
There is nothing more beautiful than being able to represent my country.
I would love to win the Ballon d'Or, but honestly, I'm not even thinking about it.
The game is 90 minutes long, and there are many phases.
Flattery and criticism are always in our profession.
Sometimes you lose; that is football.
I am the captain of Madrid, and I will defend my team.
You have to give the Ballon d'Or to the best player in the world at that time. Any differences between what the players are like as individuals should not affect who is chosen for a personal award.
It's true that when I started out, I was more a fan of attacking players and one in particular: the Brazilian Ronaldo, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima. Another of my idols was Claudio Caniggia, an Argentinian forward with long hair, who I liked a lot. It's because of him that I started to grow my hair long!
Mourinho is serious and demanding.
Harry Kane, for example, is a really physical striker but also really skilful. He surprises lot of defenders, but he won't surprise me.
I always said that when Madrid win, it wasn't just because of Ronaldo, Kaka, or another, and when you lose, it is not fair to blame the failures on these people alone.
We need the right attitude and the right motivation - that can decide the match above everything else.
We have never been anyone without the fans.
You can never take Madrid for dead.
As long as there are chances, we have to fight to the end. That's Madrid's philosophy.
We've had to handle defeat many times, and you can't drawn any conclusions.
We will respect all our opponents, as we always do.
There are sometimes easier games and others harder, but the Champions League always requires enormous concentration.
Bad things can happen even to the best players.
I've always loved Nike shoes, and I'm in a position where I like to collect them now, especially the limited-edition Jordan and Air Max pairs. My house is full of special releases.
Whenever we lose, it is a sad day.
It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.
I have achieved lots of things throughout my career that are very, very good, but if they rewarded me with a Ballon d'Or, that would be historical.
The good thing about playing at home is that the crowd makes you feel that, sooner or later, you can win the game. We feel it on the pitch.
You have to learn from bad moments.
Ignorance makes you very bold.
If I have to play at center back, I'll do it without any problems.
In the end, individual titles are achieved with the help of all your team-mates.
At Real Madrid, we have many good players that the team can learn from.
It doesn't really bother us, the team that is in fashion or that is being talked about the most. Whatever praise or criticism we receive doesn't really matter.
Defending for a team as offensive as Real Madrid isn't that easy.
To fall in the Copa del Rey is a failure.
I think Pique, apart from the odd personal remark, has never had a bad opinion about any of my teammates at Real Madrid, but obviously, when he attacks Real Madrid, our club, and our institution, it kind of tarnishes all of the rest of what he says.
To play and to win against England is big news around the world, and footballers are always grateful for that.
There are no words to describe the Clasico. It is totally different and the most important game in the world.
It takes many years to prove yourself the best in the world.
We must take on each match as best we can and try to recover from each as quickly as possible.
There is no bigger motivation than playing in a UEFA Champions League final.
