When you leave Real Madrid - a famous club worldwide - it's normal to get criticism.
To be at Real Madrid, it means that you're a mature player, even if you're very young.
This is Real Madrid, and I understand there is great pressure for new signings to succeed here.
I don't think about anything other than focusing at Real Madrid.
I chose Real Madrid instead of Barcelona because I'm a winner, not a loser
I was very young when I was with Real Madrid and in some ways 'appreciated it and in others I didn't.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, City - there are many teams you'd want to play against.
Real Madrid are obliged to win always - this jersey makes it an obligation.
For a player it's an amazing experience to be at Real Madrid. I matured a lot there, principally as a person.
I am very proud to be a part of Real Madrid, the greatest team in the world.
Real Madrid needs a coach that knows the club and understands the values that it represents.
In Europe, I always say that Barcelona and Real Madrid are the ones to look out for.
All my life I had played in a back-four, at Real Madrid Castilla and at Bolton.
Barcelona or Real Madrid, I think I would say yes to playing for these teams.
It'd be best if Cristiano Ronaldo retired at Real Madrid and then worked at the club.
Real Madrid is a club where you have to go when you are mature and at the top of your game.
I have always seen myself as a Real Madrid goalkeeper and have never doubted my ability.
It's really flattering to know that a club of Real Madrid's stature is interested in me.
I have always had a good relationship with Real Madrid fans, and I feel dear to them.
Real Madrid? Any player would like to play for them.
I came from playing in a team with my mates to having the chance to play for Real Madrid.
Juventus in Italy are like Real Madrid in Spain, when you enter the team it feels different.
This is Real Madrid. You have to win titles every year. And if you don't? Oof, it's complicated.
I like everything about Real Madrid, even the club anthem.
When there is a Brazilian who is lighting things up, he is at Real Madrid before you know it!
At Real Madrid, I did heading drills with Cristiano Ronaldo. You see him go up for headers, that spring and power - he is a real beast. At Juventus, I saw Fernando Llorente, how he finds space and directs his headers.
I decided to join Bolton because I didn't get lots of minutes at Real Madrid.
When I was sold from Real Madrid to Inter, I would have preferred to have remained in Spain.
I had no interest in continuing with Real Madrid in the way that we were working.
If you aren't the chairman of Manchester United, Real Madrid or AC Milan, I'll get back to you later.
When I left Porto, I knew that I wanted to return to Real Madrid and play.
If I do not have the option of Barca and I have to go to Real Madrid, I do not close any doors.
I'll never play in Barcelona, because in Spain I am a Real Madrid supporter.
It's typical at Real Madrid that we often seem to be going through a revolution.
We know the history of players at Real Madrid and things are not easy at that club.
It would be absolutely fantastic to play at Real Madrid together with my friend Royston Drenthe.
I am much more grateful and linked to Real Madrid than to Barcelona.
The pressure at Real Madrid is independent of the outcome of other teams and is always the highest.
Real Madrid is a legendary team that stands above all others and is the target of all players.
I never played in Spain. To play for Real Madrid or Barcelona would be great.
Real Madrid is a very big club and bad results generate controversy.
It is a source of great pride to have played 100 matches for a club as prestigious as Real Madrid.
It's nice when a big team like Real Madrid is interested in you, but I decided to win with Paris.
I'm happy at Real Madrid and can imagine ending my career here - if all goes well.
Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world. They are a cut above Bayern.
I am absolutely happy to train Real Madrid. I have a wonderful challenge.
I spent 17 years at Real Madrid and nobody can doubt that I'm a 'madridista.'
My life here is perfect and I'm happy at Real Madrid so, of course, I want to stay as long as I can.
At Brazil, we play as a collective, something that also happens in Barcelona, but not at Real Madrid.
Bayern Munich is as big a club as Real Madrid, if not even bigger.
The only club that could lure me away from Dortmund is Real Madrid.
If you are in the Premier League or at Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern Munich, you are at an end station.
I would love to finish my career at Real Madrid. But I would not cause a scene if, one day, a coach were to come along and decide he doesn't need me. Only then would I look elsewhere. And I repeat: Real is my priority.
When you play in a great club like Real Madrid, it's hard to stay here.
Real Madrid aspires to win everything, and I feel part of the family at this club.
It happened to me many times: I had some ugly moments at Madrid, but it all changed, and when I left Madrid, in the end I was much loved.
As Real Madrid is a team of stars, Bale would fit perfectly.
In my head the word surrender has never existed, because that is what Real Madrid is about.
That's one of the core qualities at Real Madrid - you've got to be able to win all the time.
Every player would love to get to the absolute top, and Real Madrid is it.
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