I just hope I will keep seizing the moment year after year. I have not yet reached the peak of my career.
This is all just relative. Next year, I could be at a higher mental level and not score as many goals.
Who I am today reflects all that I have been through. I have earned all that I have, because I have worked so much.
Nothing has happened by chance. It was all effort, dedication and a bit of luck.
I want to have a great season and finish it in great style. I want to continue at Madrid.
I have three years left on my contract, let’s see what the club want to do.
Mourinho? I do not follow anyone, I always follow my own path and what I do is not based on friendships.
His (Mourinho) titles speak for themselves. He has won things wherever he has been. Not all coaches have the privilege to do what he has done.
That is why I consider him the best.
All great coaches need to succeed in different countries and he has done that.
Many coaches are considered to be amongst the best and they could not succeed in different countries. I do not agree.
We (Portugal NT) need to have a winning ambition and mentality. If we go with a losing mentality, we will not achieve anything.
I think this will be a complicated group, but we have a good team and a good coach and we will have the support of our fans, which is an extra source of motivation.
I am confident. We will have to go step by step. The group stage is complicated, but if we go through anything is possible.
VIDEO of whole interview of 30.03.2012 in Portuguese here