Cristiano Ronaldo discussion
You have to work. I try to do it almost every day. This is why I'm in a top level many, many years. I think it's not, it's not my confidence, it's uh, because I do it extra outside the pitch. When I'm 12 years old, most of the people told me, Christian, you are very, very good talent player, but you are very skinny, very slim.
And I put it in my mind. The body, we can improve. We can improve. You got gym, dedication and not. You can improve. So I'm improved myself. You spend a lot of time hard work on improving your technique and your speed with the ball. Well. What is the key to get better at dribbling? I'm always say it's it's old package.
You know, first of all, it's the talent helps a lot, of course, but of course, The ethic of work, uh, you have to put in your mind ethic of work when you are professional. So since day one, uh, when I start with a professional, let's say with 16, 17, 18, I'm always, ever ethic to be the best to train, hard to listen to all the.
Players, experienced players, and um, of course my dreaming coming through. I was professional. I play in the best clubs in the worlds. I won the most important trophies. So I'm glad to be in this position, but of course, this is not coming from the sky. I dedicate myself and I working hard and this is why the goals and, uh, all the achievements that I get coming from dedication and work as human beings, we are driven a lot of times by other human.
What other player or players make you the best you? That's a good question to mention. One, it's hard, but you know, the level that I am is like, uh, an other sports Formula one, uh, nba, the best players always follow the best players they wanna be, uh, in the top of the, the game because they're the ones, they are there, you know, you cannot rest or sleep because they're the one can.
Of course we fight with everyone, with, uh, Namar, with, uh, Mancy, with Levandowski, with ua, you know, with the top of the best players in the world. So, I mean, this is not fighting, but it's, it's, it's hard. It's healthy, you know, operations. It's healthy and we fight, you know, to be the best. This is why, it's my, my main point, it's my motivation.
It's to be better than them, than them year after year. What makes you feel.
In the football or in everything? All of it. All of it. I care more about the man than I do the game. So what makes you feel fulfilled? Uh, I speak with a, I have a, I was yesterday with, um, with a Peter, Peter Li and, uh, you know, the owner of Valencia. And he said to me, Christiana, the most important thing I.
And everyone know that and he say, Christiano, we have money. We have everything. We have fame. And he say, I have millions and billions. But the most important thing, it's the family. Keep your family healthy, good, and take care of your family because this is the most important thing in the world. A part of that, of course, you have your life, your private life, you have your girlfriend, you have uh, your cars, your houses, your.
But in the beginning, your family, it's always with you for the good moments and for the bad moments. For me, the most important thing is the mentality for you to be professional, help the team, the right mentality. Uh, self-talk positive. I think it's all the details depend of you, not the coaches, the fans, the press depends of you.
If you are proud of yourself and you have some dignity, I think. You have to do it much more, uh, start with me. Uh, New year I try to improve even different things and better things, um, to help if I give you advice, even if you are younger than me. And if, if you're not implant that during your daily life will be difficult.
You can speak, uh, all day with, with that person. If he's not coming from inside of. It's, it's impossible. I remember when I was 18, 19, 20, some old place speak with me, but I put that as, uh, Christianity, we have to improve. They know more than you, They are more experienced than you. They pass too many bad moments.
But the other people, they don't accept that if you criticize a young, I don't say this generation, the, the, the, our players, but in general, I have kids, I. Sometimes when you be a little bit harder, they do it the opposite. You have to find the right balance to speak with them. But in my opinion, the the main point, it's they should coming from inside you, you should be proud of yourself and look in the mirror and say, Listen, I give everything.
And I think all of us, we should do that because new here, we change the page. We have many things to. We have to believe on that. If not, we'll be, we'll be a, a nightmare. Are you the best footballer in the world right now? I think so, yes. In my mind, I'm always the best. I don't care what the people thinking, what they say in my mind, not just this year, but always.
I'm always the best. I'm always gonna say that because we, I think we have to thinking we are the best in our, our, uh, area. So in my area, I think I. Is there anything that le or Messey is better than you act? It's opinions. I respect the opinions. Maybe in your opinion, mess is better than me, but in my mind I'm better than him.
So it's simple. Is that rivalry a good thing for me? Rival don't exist. The means of this world is not, uh, don't exist. Rivals is in war. This is it. We have a rivals here in football. No, it's, it's just a game. I think the. They say everything. I don't need to say, Ah, I'm a minister of football. I'm a legend.
The numbers say everything. So this is, I'm very comfortable. We see a lot of your early life, um, and we hear a lot about that. How difficult was it to cope with being away from home at such a young age, but still remain focused on your football? I'm always say it was, uh, the, uh, toughest time in my life. It was when I left my family with.
Uh, years old to live in a different world, which is his lisman in the same country, but look like it's a different part of the world. I was cry almost every day to miss my family, but I'm not, I'm not regret, uh, because it was probably the more inten, more intense moments in my life that I, that I, I live.
True. Without sacrifice, we cannot, uh, win nothing. So I did a, a unbelievable sacrifice, my family too. And I think it was, uh, I think I have, I did a good option. When you had those tough times, could you ever have imagined being in the place that you are today? Oh, of course. No, of course. No. But I always, I always thinking when I take that decision, I will be a professional player.
I will. Something in football. This is, I feel, because I, I was feeling from the beginning that I was different than the other ones. Um, I was more special. I was a special kid. You've played under some amazing football managers as well. What have you learned from each of them? I learned everything with, I learned many things with everyone.
Not only one, but with everyone. I think it's. And, uh, this is make me feel happy because all the coaches that I had, I learned something. So I'm great. Um, I'm happy person. I'm a lucky person, uh, to share, uh, my football the way I am, Uh, the trainings with this great coaches that I had, uh, in the past. And now having someone to who is constantly compared to you, does that.
More motivated to be even better. But I'm always motivated and I don't need, I don't need the other players to motivate myself. But of course, uh, mess is, is an unbelievable player. And maybe in end of of me, maybe it pushed me more harder to be better and better probably. Yes. You say you are here to win.
That's very simple. But have you still got the same motivation, the same desire? You're 36 years of age and you've won virtually everything possible in the game. How, how have you still got the same motivation? Well, I still, I still capable and happy and motivated, you know, to, to wake up in the morning and coming for the training, uh, to play games, which is, is the most easy thing to play, but, The background, it's the most difficult is the preparation to training every day to do it, that stuff, to repeat the same stuff that I start to do it with 16, 17, 18 years old, but I'm still motivated.
I think it's, the main word is that I'm still happy and enjoy the football. Doesn't matter how much things that I want in my career. So I win, um, everything as you say, but I'm still motivated. I'm in a, in a new chapter of my. Even with my, with my age, and um, this is why I'm here.
