I think of myself as someone who gives everything, and I wake up every day wanting to keep growing.

As long as there are chances, we have to fight to the end. That's Madrid's philosophy.

Music is a way of expressing my mood, and it definitely helps to motivate me before a game. It also helps me move on from past defeats or keeps my mind busy when I'm not playing, so music is definitely something that follows me every step of every day.

I have achieved lots of things throughout my career that are very, very good, but if they rewarded me with a Ballon d'Or, that would be historical.

My mother carried me for 10 months. I asked her 'Mother, you had an extra month, why you didn't make me a beautiful face?' and mother told me, 'My son, I was busy making your beautiful hands and heart.'

My son is an inspired child, a very positive and happy child. The year he was born, he travelled 13 countries with us. I still remember he was so well behaved that the flight attendants used to thank him!

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

The thing about members of your family is that if you met them for the first time at a party, you might not bother to take their phone number, and yet something binds you.