Being the captain is a great privilege and a responsibility to lead a great group with different cultures.
We have to keep calm and stick together; that's the key to success.
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.
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 like that defender-versus-striker battle, that challenge.
Sometimes you lose; that is football.
Sometimes officials should look at English football and let us play more. I like their system because, in Europe, their referees are more lenient.
Whoever says Real Madrid are dead is always proved wrong in the long term.
Flattery and criticism are always in our profession.
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.
Football is to unite, not separate.
It takes many years to prove yourself the best in the world.
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.
You have to learn from bad moments.
Throughout my career, I have faced the best forward players in the world - many of them who are considered among the greatest ever. For me, there is never a fear. A respect, yes, but never a fear.
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!
There are no words to describe the Clasico. It is totally different and the most important game in the world.
I would love to win the Ballon d'Or, but honestly, I'm not even thinking about it.
