Gerard Pique

Politics is always a difficult thing to talk about because, like football, the views are radical. You think this way; that guy thinks the opposite way. It is, like, nearly a fight, and feelings are very strong. ”

I like to stay busy. I have a lot of things on my mind. ”

If you stop now and start to realise what you have achieved, then you start to relax, and you start to lose. I don't think about everything I have achieved. I will do it when I retire because then I will have a lot of days to remember. ”

The majority of Espanyol supporters are polite, but there are always rowdy minorities. ”

I hope to keep being competitive until I retire, and I hope that's here. It's Barca or nothing. ”

Completely, in the end, being at a club like FC Barcelona who must win titles, you have to stay motivated, and often times, using your head is more important than using your body. ”

Being called up to the national team is about going with them, playing the best you possibly can, and trying to win. That's how I understand it. ”

You try to do the best for your club, and you also create relationships and friendships - with Neymar, my relationship is really strong, even though it really hurt the club when he left. As a friend, I could understand his decision and why he wanted to go to Paris. I tried to be fair to him no matter what. ”

It changes everything, absolutely everything. The love you feel for your child transforms everything. Now you have someone helpless and tiny that depends on you and only you. You look at him and know that your world is focused on him, on that part of you. ”

I love '80s music, but in the dressing room, it tends to be more lively! ”