Athlete

De Gea is a great goalkeeper. He is excellent.

I consider myself a very secure and calm keeper.

I try to make my kids happy, so when they grow up they can look back and see a father who did important things for their country and tried to make history.

I'm not somebody who just accepts his situation. I don't give up easily.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone.

Obviously I want to be a starter and to win things with Real Madrid.

Zidane is a respectful person, he knows what he wants and we are there to obey and to the best we can. He has his sense of humor, but in the training sessions we must be serious.

I know the path to follow to achieve results and I try to learn.

Of all the years playing football, I have never felt like an undisputed starter - that would be an error.

When you work for something it will eventually happen and it will be lasting, whereas when things are easy they do not always hold the same value.

I won't sit in the corner, crying, waiting for people to give me things: things do not just fall from the sky.

I like to live in the present.

I always want to win, again and again.

Whoever I am up against I will give everything, like always.

I will always want to play, of course.

The day that I think I can no longer start, I'll go home and focus on something else.

Tell everyone loud and clear, I have as much enthusiasm for leaving Madrid as I do for dying.

I think that all the countries that qualify for a World Cup finals deserve respect and if they are there it is because they have won that right.

I don't have the words to express my gratitude to Zidane.

I try to take everything in my stride and remain humble, and to enjoy playing as much as possible.