After a great save or a mistake by a defender, I prefer not to shout on him; I prefer to wait and say it inside of the dressing room. I was always like that. I am relaxed, I try to be normal after a mistake, and when I make a mistake, I don't want people coming to me on the pitch shouting at me.

I had a lot of tough times, and I know what it is. We must move forward, working equally and always strong.

When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.

At the end of the day, this is football, and it's quite normal for anyone to go through difficult moments - and it's something you can learn from.

In football a championship team is never bought, it's built with time and patience.

As for Kaka, he is a superstar... someone who can change the tempo of the game as well as the team.

I believe in greater self-sufficiency. International sport is tough, no doubt, but there shouldn't be too many crutches. In most cases sports psychologists are crutches, and they tend to soften rather than harden the players.

I had this giant ego of an athlete, but I was self-conscious at everything else.