My father fought for me to play football. He never had to make me shinpads, but it was a lot of money to send to me to a soccer school. And to provide boots and things.
When I first heard Madrid were interested, nothing else mattered. I just wanted to come here. This is the best club in the world, with the best coach and great players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria... so many great players.
I always said that I would like to finish my career in Madrid if it's possible.
We are Madrid, and we want to define our own philosophy. We don't want to be compared to anyone.
My father is strong in his legs, and I think I get that from him. I am stronger there than in my upper body, but that is what gives me a low centre of gravity. It makes it harder for opponents to get me off the ball.
It is very challenging to adapt to life at a big club like Madrid, but I'm not the kind of person to make excuses.
I am very emotional.
I will fight to be here as much as possible. I only have Madrid in my head.
Tottenham is the club that first gave me my opportunity to play in one of the strongest leagues in the world.
I always look forward to playing for my national team, especially at a major tournament.
All I dreamed of when I became a footballer was to play for a club as big as Real Madrid. It's maybe the most famous and best club in the history of football.
My thing is to play as well as I can possibly can.
Playing at Real Madrid is something special in itself, but winning trophies with Real Madrid is even more thrilling.
The Premier League is the best competition in the world, and it's not easy to win a league with great teams like Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, and Arsenal as rivals.
All my future plans are related to Real Madrid, and there are no other clubs on my mind. I'm so happy here along with my family. Few players have ended their career here, Zidane being one of the exceptions. I'd like to be one of those players, too, but time will tell what the future holds.
You can't expect to score lots of goals in every game; football isn't like that.
Cristiano Ronaldo respects the fans - it's like a marriage. There are good days and bad days, but the important thing is that they love each other.
For what Ronaldo's achieved, he's amazing; he's a great team-mate.
My challenge is to win titles and trophies with Real Madrid.
You don't have to be a strapping lad to play football.
