When I first heard Madrid were interested, nothing else mattered. I just wanted to come here. This is the best club in the world, with the best coach and great players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria... so many great players.
I have played for Real Madrid, which is such a big club and where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and, really, win absolutely every game. There is no game where people don't expect you to win. So, having played there for three years, pressure is nothing that would scare me.
Arsenal have always been one of the best clubs in the world, so to even be a part of the club from a young age I've always had to give my best.
At Real Madrid, you have to win everything.
He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate.
Playing for Madrid is a great challenge.
Real Madrid? Any player would like to play for them.
Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.
The Bundesliga is a lucrative league, and in Germany, the best club is Bayern, and I wanted to play for the best club in Germany.
When you play for Manchester United, the pressure's on every week.
Bayern is a dream destination for every player, one of the best clubs in the world, a real machine.
Bayern is the biggest team in Germany, one of the biggest teams in Europe. Every year, world class players come along, so it's one of the strongest teams in the world.
Not every young player is going to succeed at Barca.
Real Madrid is a club where you have to go when you are mature and at the top of your game.
When you're playing for Real Madrid, even when you're playing well, you're under scrutiny.
Washington establishment... This is perhaps the wealthiest, the most exclusive club of human beings in the world. The people permitted admission or membership in this group have the opportunity to influence practically anything and everything happening in the wealthiest and most powerful city in the world, Washington, D.C.
I'm now a member of a pretty small club.
It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.
I've played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game.
When you leave Real Madrid - a famous club worldwide - it's normal to get criticism.
It is one of the best clubs in the world by far. I'm loving Manchester City.
I'd first come to Chelsea from Kosice and, for me, that was a dream. It's not easy making that move. I was maybe the first player to come from Slovakia to a club like Chelsea, who normally buy players from Holland, Spain, Italy, Portugal.
Getting the call to be in The Goblet of Fire was like being welcomed into the most exclusive upper circle of some elite actors' club. You sit on set with the cream of the National Theatre and the RSC, all clutching wands or wearing witches' hats.
Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to.
When a club like Milan is interested, there are not many players who would say 'no.'
