I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite - dark and loud.
My life here is perfect and I'm happy at Real Madrid so, of course, I want to stay as long as I can.
The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.
A player wants to be remembered for what he has won, for the medals, for what he has given his club.
You have to be mentally strong to withstand the ridicule of other children and the stares of adults.
In 2008 or 2009, every big club wanted me: Juventus, Inter, Milan, Barca, Real, Chelsea, Manchester.
If I had gone to Madrid, I would have scored more than 200 goals, but I knew I would have got bored.
You've just got to keep working hard, keep plugging along. That's how great teams win more trophies.
That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them.
When they first installed all-seater stadiums everyone predicted that the fans wouldn't stand for it
The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.
I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost.
Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons.
If you're winning games, the confidence flows, and you gain a rhythm, which I've experienced before.
I want to improve every season, every training session. I'll continue that until I finish my career.
I have always been a very positive person and tried to bring the positives from the hardest moments.
I had Micah Richards as a player at 16 and he was a man then. What is he now? A bigger man, probably
I am not a player to have regrets. I should have stayed at certain clubs longer, but I don't regret.
If you let the reality of the business side get to you, it can turn you, and that's not good at all.
He's confident. He knows what he's good at and he has people around him to help him. (on Freddy Adu)
The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save.
I use Herbalife products on and off the field for energy and focus. That way I can play my best game
I don't celebrate because I'm only doing my job. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?
Leaders are defined by the decisions they make ... Leaders rise and fall by the decisions they make.
As a modern-day role model, I'd have to go for Tiger Woods. I'm also a massive Sachin Tendulkar fan.
Everything a human being wants can be divided into four components: love, adventure, power and fame.
I had a great manager in Jose Mourinho, who really helped me. He was always there when I needed him.
I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey I could only have dreamed of.
I don’t want to hurt or injure anyone. I just want to win. I have to win, so I do what I have to do.
If, since the start, I'd played well and put in some good matches it would all have been too simple.
Diego Costa doesn't show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.
We need to have lectures about why we can't have every day things like mayonnaise, ketchup and Coke.
I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.
Manchester United is the biggest club in the world and is clearly determined to get back to the top.
I've always said that I want to win as many trophies as possible in my career, but not at any price.
I can't be a manager, because I think it's too tough managing 30 players thinking in different ways.
New faces, maybe perking up the squad and giving you another arrow to your bow - that can be a help.
After 2012, I wanted to stop, but my father told me I had to play the World Cup. I tried to be good.
We get older, we get more mature and stronger mentally. You learn to deal with different situations.
It's an honour to be able to wear the No.5 jersey and that Carles Puyol thought of me to inherit it.
You want to play, you don't want to be on the bench, I'm no different to anyone else in that regard.
I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.
Sometimes you just give everything you have, and you do your absolute best, and it doesn't stack up.
I've made plenty of mistakes as a keeper, that's for sure. I'll make plenty more before I'm through.
Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.