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“We need the fans to get right behind us and push us on.”
“I always say that Madrid must have the best players, as this is the best club in the world. But it is not for me to say which players should be signed.”
“Nowadays midfielders definitely have to be complete players - you can't just be a destroyer, you have to build play too.”
“It doesn't matter to me whether it's the 12th or the 90th minute, I'll go for the ball the same way as I go for a plate of food.”
“There are no easy games.”
“Isco is at a very good level and Bale is a very important player for us.”
“Porto helped me quite a bit but I worked really hard, with lots of enthusiasm and humility and with my mind always focused on returning to Real Madrid. It was a fantastic year on a personal level.”
“Being bold in the shirt of Real Madrid is not easy.”
“I had the chance to go to Sevilla, Inter and Porto.”
“Our mentality is geared towards winning silverware.”
“Being coached by Zidane? At the start it was a little difficult, I grew up watching him play. It's Zidane after all!”
“I've got my mother, who I love and who makes me very happy.”
“I'll never play in Barcelona, because in Spain I am a Real Madrid supporter.”
“My goal is robbing the ball.”
“I am with Madrid until death.”
“The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.”
“We know that Pepe is a great player.”
“My teammates and the coaching team know that they can count on me.”
“Zidane was one of the best players that I have seen. Now as a coach, I try to learn as much as possible from him. He knows a lot because he was an exceptional player.”
“All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.”