Claudio Bravo Quotes

I played against Ashley Cole all the time in training. For me, he is the best left-back in the world. He was the hardest opponent and I had him every day in training.

I'm not Zidane and not Rui Costa, but I have qualities - I can create assists - but I have to step up a level to become like those two.

I started to practise shooting more seriously, more than once a week. I wasn't very good at it before, but I got a lot better. I've also become a little bit stronger on the tracks, too, which has increased my chances of success.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.

As long as I'm playing week in week out, I'm going to become a better player.

I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.

I never played in a European Championship. I wasn't good enough.

I was full of confidence in myself that I would reach the top or be a professional player as a midfielder.

Being able to use both feet was something that came quite naturally to me ever since I started playing. However, it's something I work on all the time to make sure that level never gets any lower.

You have to always work on your batting as you are never perfect. I am working on my batting every day and trying to perfect a few shots that will help me score all around the world.

The role I play is defending, so you've got to be doing that first and foremost. The better you can get it will help the team and help you progress, and I work on that every day.

The Ballon d'Or is one of my objectives, but it will be complicated so long as Ronaldo and Messi are around.

I'm glad I came to Palace because I am getting the game time I wanted. I am also learning to fight with some good players.

I really like Ronaldinho. He is the player I have watched the most and tried to copy the most, but I am still learning.

I'm a forward, and I need to score goals, but I want to play at a higher level.

I wasn't really interested in girls. Only football. I was just enjoying football all the time. There was a five-a-side next to the flat, and I used to play there all the time. It was all about football. I wanted to be a professional. That was my goal. I didn't want to be anything other than a footballer.

I used to spend hours on the laptop watching free kicks on YouTube - again and again. You obviously learn a thing or two.

Lionel Messi, I never saw him in the gym. I've never seen him train in the stops or do technical exercises.

Opportunity 7-on-7 is a great chance for me to maximize my reps.

I can learn a lot from Messi. Watching how he does things will help me a lot in future.

Competition in football means someone will improve.

I try to learn from Falcao, and Manu Riviere as well - his movement is excellent - it's really good for me. I need to work on my movement and my finishing, but seeing these guys on a regular basis gives me a benchmark.

I want to be in the World Cup.

The Liga is a tough league, but I'm inspired by players like Neymar and Messi. You have to work very hard to reproduce what they do, especially Neymar.