I don't smile all the time, but I smile inside.
If every player is on the left, and I am on the right, you need to trust me that I have seen something the other players have not seen.
I like to play with the ball and have the freedom to move around.
Like Nemanja Vidic, I came from a small town in a small country in Eastern Europe, but we had reached the top.
Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.
I came from a background where we didn't have bread. I know what it's like to live with money and no money.
When you know how to read football, it is easier for some players.
If Lukaku is not as good as others with his first touch, then give him a ball that he can handle.
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.
I wanted to win trophies and play for the biggest club, and the biggest club in England is Manchester 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.
