Quotes from Gerard Pique

I hope to keep being competitive until I retire, and I hope that's here. It's Barca or nothing.

We try to study our rivals so we know where to improve.

You try to do the best for your club, and you also create relationships and friendships - with Neymar, my relationship is really strong, even though it really hurt the club when he left. As a friend, I could understand his decision and why he wanted to go to Paris. I tried to be fair to him no matter what.

With VAR, the refereeing errors will be reduced, and therefore, we'll all be on equal terms. It will take a lot of the responsibility from the referees on vital decisions, like penalties and goals, and they will make far fewer mistakes.

I'll retire at Barca. I don't know when - the older I am, the better. I'm sure about that; I can't see myself wearing any other shirt.

We want the best players to be at Barcelona.

I want to be president of Barcelona - that's my dream.

I don't associate this sport with anything except Barcelona.

Being called up to the national team isn't a competition of who's more patriotic.

My style suits Barcelona's style of play.

I like to stay busy. I have a lot of things on my mind.

When you're in the semi-finals of the Champions League, you need to be really good and need a little bit of luck.

It's true that sometimes we have paparazzi or some kind of photographers following us, but you have to live normal. I mean, if you try to not go to the supermarket or not go to the cinema, you won't live properly, and you won't enjoy living. We are trying to be as normal as we can.

Messi often has a crowd of opponents around him, but with Neymar on the pitch, too, at least two of those opposition players will have to be aware of him.

Barcelona is my life, and I do not plan to leave.

I think, for Catalonia, FC Barcelona means a lot because it is one of the top clubs in the world, and that means that it's a way to show what Catalonia is in the world.

I have not betrayed Barca, and I'm surprised anyone would doubt my commitment to Barcelona, because I've been a fan since birth.

I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.

It seems like when I don't talk so much, people praise my performances more.

In the Franco era, we couldn't defend our ideas.

I moved to Manchester United when I was a 17-year-old kid. Nemanja Vidic was five years older than me and Rio Ferdinand nearly nine years, and at the time, they were the best central defenders in the world. They never had a bad game.

As a teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo is a perfect '10.' I admire him professionally because he sets an example to follow both as a player and as a person.

One of the best players I've ever seen in my life! Spectacular on training!! Playing with him was a joy!

Everybody knows that footballers have text groups on WhatsApp. I have one just for my friends from home, and I have another just for my Barca team-mates.