Essam El Hadary

I train hard, every day, not because it's my job but because I love football. ”

Setting targets is very important in my life; I always have targets to fulfil. ”

I'm used to realising all my dreams and targets through my determination and ambition. ”

This is a message to all footballers and others around the world that you should believe in your dreams and fight to make them come true. ”

I'm very happy to play at the World Cup, and that is a message to all footballers and others around the world, that you should believe in your dreams and fight to make them come true. ”

We all have a loyalty to our country, we want to serve our country. It's in our nature. ”

By working hard, age is just a number. ”

I won 37 trophies and I enjoyed some remarkable moments, such as our win over Italy at the 2009 Confederations Cup. ”

The player who is almost at the same age as my daughter... I treat all my team-mates as brothers and I treat him just like a team-mate. I embrace them all and I am always around them giving advice because this is part of my job as a team captain and friend. I don't make them feel the gap in the age because I believe this should be normal. ”

I work out in the morning before I join group training sessions with the team. ”