I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.

To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country.

I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another great club like Real Madrid...

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.

I am always going to have problems with the paparazzi. I have had two men outside my house for the last two years, which is frightening at times, but that is my life unfortunately.

As soon as a free kick is given and it's anywhere near the box, I get excited. I don't really concentrate what side the keeper is on, because I always think that if I catch it as well as I can, then I can beat him whichever way he goes.