Quotes from David de Gea

Everyone who works for Manchester respected me. I tried to help, and I am very grateful to them.

You have to keep working and try to improve in every training session.

To be fair, when you are really young, you don't think about the future too much. You just want to play with your friends. When you get older, you start to dream about being there, about being at a top team, so of course it's a dream to be at a team like Manchester United.

I like watching films, going out for a bite to eat and drink, and some shopping.

The value that really counts is that which is shown on the pitch, not what theyBsay your value is. Money is secondary. being so expensive is not something I like especially; I'm interested in what people think of me on the playing field.

We are Manchester United: we are one of the biggest clubs in the world, and we are going to try to win everything, of course.

Manchester United are a great club, and being associated with them is a great compliment for me, but Atletico are also great.

Football is cruel at times; it's difficult. When things go well, you're very good, and when they go badly, well, it's awful.

I have worked hard in the gym lifting heavy weights and doing a lot of exercises.

As a goalkeeper, I'm well aware that any mistake can be magnified by the fans. But it's true that here at Manchester United, there's added pressure.

In training, the players would deliberately hit high balls into me and barge into me so I'd get used to that side of the English game. I actually enjoy the physical side of it now.

When I'm on the pitch, I only think about helping the team and doing well.

It's a great privilege to be part of a club like United, and I'm keen to do my best and show what I can do.

I am a guy who likes to put the bad things and difficult times behind me.

It's normal to have early difficulties when you get a new manager with a new concept.

I like lots of different sport, and I was always the type of lad that plays a lot of sport as well. I've played basketball; I'm not bad at tennis.

English football is different, especially for a goalkeeper. It's more aggressive, more physical. It's far, far harder. The ball is in the air more, and you get pushed about. And the referees don't blow anything!

Talk about Jose Mourinho, and you're talking about a winner.

It's difficult to say with words what Manchester United means for me. For anyone. It's amazing to play for this club, with the history of this club, for the fans, for everything. It's amazing to be part of this club.

Every goalkeeper has their own strong points and qualities. What I like to do is focus on every keeper. You can pick bits out of every keeper where they are particularly strong, and you can learn from things like that.

I think the first attacker has the ball, starts from the back, you can see everything, and you have to play with the feel of a midfielder, not a goalkeeper.

It is great that a goalkeeper as good as Iker has said that I could be the best of them all.

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

Being the Manchester United goalkeeper is one of the most difficult jobs in football when you look at the size of the club and the goalkeepers who have been here before. There is a lot of pressure on you, but I have worked hard to cope with that.