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There is only one Messi, no?
I was a big fan of Pete Sampras.
Sometimes there are ups and downs to deal with.
Messi is unique. You can't compare anyone to him.
There's no more bad feeling than when you get a defeat.
When you are a goalkeeper, you know the responsibility.
You can learn at any age and at any moment in your life.
Since my professional debut, I've always had a risky game.
It's only human to have a few doubts whether to play or not.
I have always liked to have face-to-face talks with my bosses.
Obviously, football is about the details, and everything can happen.
It is part of being a goalkeeper: there is nobody behind to save you.
As a professional and as a man, I am just focused on today and tomorrow.
The most important is to keep faith, to keep belief and be ready to fight.
It's always nice to feel the support of your manager, club, and team-mates.
Talent is not enough. You need to be in the right place at the right moment.
You can be rivals out on the pitch, but respect is the most important thing.
Sometimes in football, you live great moments, and you live some sad moments.
It is important to believe in yourself, but it is important to have sense, too.
I try to be committed, always. When I do something, I like to do it 100 per cent.
Football is fantastic because you can live great emotion through a big competition.
You see it more and more: managers asking their keepers to be the 11th field player.
Every game that you lose it hurts, but especially when you lead 2-1, and you lose 4-2.
It's true: with players like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, it's difficult to catch them.
We're in a privileged position in sport and, above all, in football. We have a platform.
We know in football nothing is done and things can turn very easily if you don't respect basics.
It's difficult to get success in football - you have to be in the right team at the right moment.
The World Cup ball is very fast, and you need to think very quickly, when to punch and when to catch.
When you wear the jersey of some clubs, you have this pressure every day. It's not the case in Tottenham.
At Tottenham, I'm asked to take a lot of risks to keep maximum possession of the ball and build from the back.
I feel like a Nice citizen: it's my hometown. I come back to the city to spend time there because it's in my DNA.
I'm really enjoying my time at Tottenham - it's a great feeling to be the captain too. I think I can be proud of that.
The target is to be competitive, enjoy our football, make a great team performance, and to show the face of Tottenham.
It's always better for the players being injured to come back to a winning team; it takes pressure off their shoulders.
There is always pressure in all matches in the World Cup. This is when you must go beyond your capacity as a competitor.
I played tennis when I was younger. I don't know if I could have been a professional, but I am still passionate about it.
In football, you can win; you can lose. The most important thing is the feeling and the attitude that you show on the pitch.
I try to control my box. I always think the goalkeeper has to be the chief of the box: it's his area, and he has to defend it.
We know the transfer market is not an easy period for players, for their minds, for their preparations, too, for their bodies.
Throughout the whole team, you have important players, but the main thing is the collective. It is the only way to get trophies.
It's not easy for a foreigner to come to England and win the respect of your team-mates, of the fans, and of the English people.
It's been five seasons now that I'm with Spurs, and I've got a little bit frustrated about Europe. We've got the talent to go further than we've done.
Tottenham is not a club that always wins, but we are trying to create something. It's not easy to fight against European monsters, but it is a motivation.
I started out with a tennis racquet. Later, during one of the breaks we got from tennis, I started playing football with my friends. I was only five years old.
The big thing is to win, but to look at the long-term, you need one way to play, and the philosophy is not only to put 11 players on the pitch and play football.
There are a lot of people who help you during your career. When you win a World Cup, it's normal that you think about them, because they help you to reach this level.
You have a personality inside the pitch and off the pitch and in the changing room, too. The most important thing is to be respected by your teammates, and that's the case at Tottenham.
To be honest, the football and the time is going so fast. I don't want to say that I've forgotten about the World Cup, but for me, it belongs to the past. I don't have time to make a step backwards and think about the World Cup.
When you have that privilege of being able to talk directly with your chairman, like I've had with Daniel Levy, that make things a lot easier. Afterwards, I know what we've said to each other, and we have a relationship built on trust.
After the World Cup, the next two or three days there is a lot of celebration, a lot of obligation, towards the country, towards the French Federation, towards the fans. And then, after that, you feel so empty - mentally and physically. It's a long tournament; it demands a lot of energy and a lot of emotion.