Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Raphael Varane - Page 2

In every training session, I learn.

All the teams that win a big trophy, it is thanks to the collective, when each one takes pleasure to share with the others. This is how it works.

I am thrilled to become part of the HyperX family and to join this amazing group of talented ambassadors.

In my position you talk about a mature player being around 28 and it is normal that you improve.

In terms of pressure, El Clasico is unique, but also a match against PSG is a stimulating and exciting clash.

I consider myself to be from Madrid because I arrived very young, but I do not forget my years in Lens - of which I am also proud.

Depending on the day's training intensity, we stretch, work on mobility, everything to prepare myself well. Later, we train, and depending on the day we do more physical work, more technical or more tactical. The duration also varies between 45 minutes and an hour and a half.

We do a team sport. Individually, you're worthless!

I had a special relationship with Mourinho.

It takes a great strength of character to arrive at Real at 18 years and make a journey like I have so far.

Every season is a challenge and now I am a more complete player. I have learned at the highest level.

First, you arrive at training, prepare for the session, I get treatment from the physios and go straight to the gym to activate the body.

You can be a huge player, if you play alone, the team loses.

If I know where I want to play before I receive the ball, it's easier. It's more fluid.

It would be against my nature if I shouted or banged the walls.

I have my style of play and people can criticise me for that which is not a problem.

I have known Eliaquim Mangala for quite some time and we understand each other well.

It would be wonderful to spend my whole career at Madrid. But my early days taught me to enjoy every moment because everything can change very quickly - I saw that with Euro 2016.

Having the ball means creating chances and scoring goals.

I think I felt ready and I really wanted to go to Real Madrid. Some are ready and others aren't. I thought about it carefully and I made the right decision.

You will rarely see a defender in front of the opponent's goal.

I hope to meet expectations. To achieve this, I need to keep working hard and hopefully things will go my way.

I try to give the squad my peace of mind, my experience of big competitions and to be myself.

PSG were interested in signing me, but we never entered negotiations.

I try to transmit calmness and motivation to my team-mates.

There are some things you gain with experience, but age isn't important to me.

It was the craziest period of my life: I was getting ready for the baccalaureate, the phone was ringing off the hook, I visited the Real facilities, I met Alex Ferguson.

Yes, I do like the Premier League.

Ronaldo is a bon vivant, he is friendly, he always has something to help you progress. He wants to be the best around. It infuriates him when he loses, he cannot stand it. It's true that sometimes, in the dressing room, it's fun to lose just to make him mad!

I want to continue to be a first-team regular here at Madrid. That is my long-term goal.

It's not a fault in football to be ambitious, far from it.

You have to be humble and learn from the players around you.

With Ancelotti I played less, but he did extraordinary things at Real and this is what counts.

It's impressive to be compared with Hierro.

Our objective is to win - always to win.

Zidane has tried to get me to improve. Anticipating, reading the play, putting myself in the defensive balance, I know how to do all this. So he expects the same finesse in an attacking sense.

Being able to get some games under my belt and feeling the confidence of the gaffer is something very important to me. That way I feel good on the pitch.

Everybody knows that there are quality players at centre back for Madrid and for me that's the day-to-day challenge. That's why it's important to be ready to take advantage of every chance that comes up.

I am super nice, I am great, even in the dressing room. I am also quite shy. But when there are difficult times or when you have to show your character, you can count on me. The players who have known me for a while know this.