Obviously, when I play well and win a trophy, I feel happy about myself.
Sometimes you look at footballers and think they're selfish or they don't bring a good image to society. But sometimes people underestimate footballers and their capacity to have a strong opinion and sympathy for others.
I think that being confident gives you more freedom. It liberates you, helps you have the courage to do things on the football pitch.
Luck - it's key for every footballer's career. I have been incredibly lucky during my career and in my life.
Real Madrid wanted me to join their academy. It was a big decision to move when I was 15. It's a key age for a youngster, and you're close to your friends and family. But I moved to Madrid, and my family stayed at home. It made me mature earlier than normal. That was a very big decision, and it changed me in a positive way.
One of the first lessons I learned in football is that it takes a team to win a game.
To be honest, I was never expecting to be in a World Cup final, a Euro final, a Champions League final, a Europa League final. I've done much more than I dreamt, and that's incredible.
We have professional football, but we also have a beautiful game which, wherever you go, can be used as a social tool for change. Football has an unmatchable power.
I have always been a very positive person and tried to bring the positives from the hardest moments.
One of the best things if you are a football player is to see the faces of the kids, when they see you and are dreaming of being like you one day. That's a big responsibility, to be a good image for those kids. A football player is more than just a football player.
Everything depends on the club more than the player: the quantities, the paperwork.
Football sometimes has a bad reputation. Some of that is deserved... and some of it isn't.
I see children now, and many things surprise me: they ask me about my boots and why I don't dye my hair. I wonder, 'Why don't you talk to me about how to cross the ball, control it, the position of the body when I strike the ball?'
There's always pressure. People's happiness depends on you; they suffer with you. You get used to it, but you have to know how to handle it.
For a kid that just played for Oviedo, to then going to play for a team like Real Madrid, it felt fantastic. But being taken out of my family home and moving away alone, into the residence Madrid have for young players, it was a bit difficult. But as time passed, I got used to it.
In Spain, they show many Premier League games on TV, and it is an inspirational league. Maybe I would like to play in the Premier League.
Who is shorter, me or David Silva? I don't know. Probably him.
I cannot control what people think. But I can control myself and my aim, and my head is focused on trying to win trophies.
You can stick with one manager and have no wins, no trophies, or you can have so many different managers and win a lot. It comes down to the players, to the desire, and the way the club likes to behave.
I've been in England for a while, but it's true that at times you miss home, your family, your friends.
