I've always wanted to live in America with my family and learn more about its culture.

When I left Real, I left a great club but joined a great club.

I think it's important to work with children and teach them the right way to train and play at a young age.

I know a lot of marathon runners who are at their best when they are close to 40. You say to yourself, 'It's 42 kilometres and they are 37 or 38 years old,' but the body can. What you have to make sure you don't lose is your head. That is the most important thing.

Everyone throughout the soccer world knows the Cosmos name and the legacy of the players that played for this team previously. They helped establish soccer in America and I'm honored to follow in their footsteps.

Schalke was a beautiful experience for me.

The intensity and speed of the ball on turf are very different.

The European leagues and teams are more competitive, very technical. It was good to work in Qatar - a good experience for me for the future. In the U.S.A., the teams and the players are improving every season.

If you are lucky enough to avoid serious injuries then the body goes on; it's the mind that gives in. And it's the mind that you need to enable you to suffer pre-season every year.

The key is to be the best-prepared possible and that is my commitment to the club.

Schalke, for me, is a great adventure, and I wanted to experience new sensations away from Real Madrid.

I don't think Madrid would be Madrid without Barcelona and vice versa.

Seasons are 10 months long and what matters is to get to the last two to three months in your best form.

What brought me here was a desire to keep playing and the exciting project the Cosmos proposed to me. As well as being able to play, which is my passion and what I like doing, they also gave me the chance to help develop a youth academy, where I can bring my experience and knowledge to bear.

Having Leo Messi and Barcelona is good for La Liga - it's a real delight.

Real Madrid is a very big club and bad results generate controversy.

I like to work in a team. And for that you must have a structure that covers everything and that there is fluid communication.

Every season has its bad patches.

You need to take care of yourself, have a good diet, rest sufficiently and have a lot of enthusiasm.

When I go five games without a goal, there's always a debate. Everything else that I do on the pitch is never valued.

What Cristiano has been doing is huge, but Madrid have a great team with players who can still offer more. The important things is that they keep working as a unit.

I was runner-up for the Ballon d'Or once and came third on another occasion. Could I have won it? Maybe. But I don't care. Football is a team sport.

I love playing games, but also training.

The affection shown to me by the Schalke fans is extraordinary and unforgettable.