Athlete

My plan is to retire at Real Madrid.

I'm always available to help Madrid.

The people can say what they want, but fact remains that Neymar has been booked more often than me.

Criticism makes us grow.

There is no point changing coach halfway through the year.

There's no need to undervalue anybody and even less Iker, who is a symbol here in Madrid. We have to respect everything he's done.

In the end hard work pays off.

In Turkey people really love sport, they only think about football.

I'm privileged to be able to train with sometime who is an amazing person, Cristiano Ronaldo.

I am a man who always likes to win and to defend the shirt of Real Madrid till the very end.

I'll always say it was football that gave me everything in life - lots of friends, the chance to make my dreams come true.

Pele and Maradona won games but they had the help of their team-mates.

Three goals in 90 minutes is possible, there is no doubt about it.

I liked Benitez's sincerity. I identified with him because he is a very direct and honest person.

I've played against Griezmann several times in Spain. He's not very tall but he's very adept at figuring out where the ball will be.

At Real Madrid it is difficult to be defensive and this is my main priority.

The supporters are always right, but we need our supporters behind us.

I love playing for Mourinho. He is honest and sticks to his guns.

Many, many people sent me messages on social media. I couldn't not go. I couldn't turn my back on all this affection that the people had given me. I said I have to go to Besiktas. It's impossible not to go to Besiktas!

We center backs had to cover a lot of ground, and we had to be very physical with the opposing strikers.