The barrier of communication is terrible if you don't speak the language. You cannot reach a player with a translator.
I truly believe you have to take things as they come, win or lose, and keep believing in how you want to do things and how you want to play.
When you have someone that manages, coaches you, and you follow, and you believe, and you do everything that you can because you believe in that idea in your leader, that stays forever. That is the impact Jose Mourinho had on me.
We're trying to improve everyone. It doesn't matter if he cost £10 million, £15 million, £200 million. There is always space to do something better.
My interpretation of football is to stay humble, work hard, and things will come.
What we are here for is to improve, to work as a team, stay humble and work hard, trying to achieve the best performance that we can in every game.
Every game is a chance to improve.
I know that if I have come to Britain, I must adapt, and I will try to.
Goals always come from situations that are not so effective.
In Portugal, seeing a black cat is a bad sign; it's bad luck. But they tell me if it crosses from left to right, it's good luck. But I don't like black cats!
When you realise that the ball is faster than you, you say to yourself, 'OK, I love the game. I want to go on in this game, but not as a player.'
I will not ever change my principles. I will not do it. We have a 'how.' This is the most important thing we have - the 'how' we do things. Our style, our ideas, our principles with our mistakes that we have to correct.
If somebody asks for a photo, with a smile, it is nothing.
People say that the most difficult part is scoring the goal. But what I have to do is get the player there. If you focus on the goal instead of the how, then suddenly the chances start to decrease.
We will never play for a draw, as it doesn't make sense. Come on, you make a 0-0 plan, you get one goal after five minutes, and it's finished. The players look and say, 'Now what?'
I bought some land in Portugal, on the highest hill in Guimaraes, because I pictured that I wanted to build my house there. I said, 'What a perfect place this would be,' but I forgot to ask the council if I could build a house there. When I did, they said, 'No!'
How are you supposed to communicate on the pitch when you don't off it?
You have to be ready for anything and everything and accept everything the way things are.
Our ambition is to win every game regardless of the opponent.
I consider myself a happy person, yes.
