I don't think I have reached a plateau. I have just reached the level where I am today. But I need to go above it.

I hope I become a better player day after day. This is one of my goals. I want to improve in every situation, but when you are playing along with top figures, it is a quality bonus and a bigger effort. Besides, the Spanish Liga also gives you the chance to progress and improve.

Every situation has changed me as a person.

[Meeting Mandela] was the highlight of my career; to meet such a great man and a strong man and such a passionate man about sport and life will always stay with me.

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?