Athlete

What is important is that the team continues to win their games.

If you play well at club level, then, you deserve an invitation for the national team. That's the way it goes.

Cristiano Ronaldo is good, but Messi is 10 times better.

Sometimes you get hit on the nose and nothing happens, then you get hit and something breaks.

Madrid are a great club with some fantastic people and I used to play there.

Every culture has its own way of showing passion.

I know that I can score at any club.

The Bernabeu is a fantastic stadium, probably the best stadium I have ever played.

If the opponent can score 10 goals, then we need to change something quickly.

From Real, I keep the affection of their supporters.

Real is a beautiful club.

When you manage to achieve something, it gives you great pleasure.

I'm feeling at home at Schalke and that shows in the amount of goals I make.

We can't focus too much on the opponent, we have to focus on ourselves.

A striker always wants to score as many as possible, but what's more important is the team's success.

People say a striker should be so hungry for goals, that he should eat the grass. Well, I did that - literally!

In Italy it is far more difficult than in Spain, where teams are not that attentive in defence.

I have to do my job and score goals.

Every derby is special, especially the atmosphere on the stands.

If he stays, that would be a positive signal for Schalke. Raul is a super player and we need his high level of quality in order to be successful.