“Maybe they hate me because I’m too good!”
“When I win awards, I think of my father.”
“I don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.”
“I know If I score we’re going to win the match.”
“I’m living a dream I never want to wake up from.”
“I never tried to hide the fact that my only goal is to be the best”
“If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be.”
“Dedication, hard work all the time, and belief.”
“My focus is to be a good man, and do my job properly.”
“It’s not about the money. It’s about the passion.”
“Your love makes me strong. Your hate makes me unstoppable.”
“Without football, my life is worth nothing.”
“I just try to do my best every season.”
“I want to consistently play well and win titles. I’m only at the beginning.”
“I am living a dream I never want to wake up from.”
“I don’t want to be compared to anyone – I’d like to impose my own style of play and do the best for myself and for the club here.”
“We should make the most of life. Enjoy it!”
“I think sometimes the best training is to rest.”
“The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt.”
“When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.”
“I don’t want to be compared to anyone – I’d like to impose my own style of play and do the best for myself and for the club here.”
“I’m aware that, whatever the circumstances, there will always be speculation about me.”
“If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.”
“I want to be remembered as part of the group of the greatest players ever.”
“Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.”
“Talent without working hard is nothing.”
“I prefer other people to make judgments about the way I play and to characterize me, rather me describe myself.”
“There’s no point in making predictions. It’s not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football.”
“I still learn, but I think it’s the best thing in life to have a kid.”
“I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.”
“It gives me the happiest feeling in the world. I just love scoring. It doesn’t matter if it’s a simple goal from close range, a long shot or a dribble around several players, I just love to score all goals.”
“In my mind, not just this year, always, I am always the best. And I am always going to say that.”
“I don’t have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.”
“We don’t want to tell our dreams. We want to show them.”
“They always have two stones in their hands when I speak. I am not a saint, but I’m not a devil either.”
“If we can’t help our family, who are going to help?”
“I’ve never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best.”
“I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.”
“Stay strong. Be brave. Go beyond.”
“We should make the most of life; enjoy it because that’s the way it is.”
“To Be The Best You Need The Best.”
“We should make the most of life, enjoy it because that’s the way it is!”
“Scoring goals is a great feeling, but the most important thing to me is that the team is successful – it doesn’t matter who scores the goals as long as we’re winning.”
“For me Sir Alex was my father in football. He was crucial in my career and, outside football, was a great human being with me. Talent isn’t everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best.”
“Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.”
“Don’t let small obstacles be in the way of being victorious. Remember you are stronger than the challenges you face.”
“There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the world’s best player. It is all about trying to be the best. I will keep working hard to achieve it but it is within my capabilities.”
“I never promise anything. I don’t promise anything to my mum. I don’t promise anything to the supporters.”
“I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn’t mind it if I didn’t.”
“No one did what I did last season and for this I deserve the Golden Boot and why not the best World Player.”
“It is my conviction that here are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age.”
“I feel endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel satisfied with myself.”
“I see football as an art and all players are artists.If you are a top artist, the last thing you would do is paint a picture somebody else has already painted.”
“I have practically no private life. I’m already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.”
“I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.”
“I know I’m a good professional, I know that no one’s harder on me than myself and that’s never going to change, under any circumstances.”
“To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships.”
“It gives me the happiest feeling in the world. I just love scoring. It doesn’t matter if it’s a simple goal from close range, a long shot or a dribble around several players, I just love to score all goals.”
“In football, I don’t have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many… Most of the time, I’m alone.”
“I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.”
“I would be very proud if, one day, I’m held in the same esteem as George Best or Beckham. It’s what I’m working hard towards.”
“Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, dreams are things which do not let you sleep.”
“Why lie? I’m not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.”
