Quotes from Gerard Pique

I would prefer to keep my distance a bit from the cameras. I want to keep a private life.

I am privileged and very happy to be a professional sportsperson, but should that make people so angry?

Sometimes you're more involved in controversy, and at other times, you're disconnected.

It's a responsibility when you have won as much as I have done, as much as the teams I have played for have done: then the fans are waiting for more.

I always try to say what I'm thinking, what I'm feeling, and without fear of what others will say or think, and that's how I've always lived. Sometimes, this has ended up hurting me, and other times, it has helped me, but I think you can never forget who you are, and I've always been myself, and that one of the things I'm most proud of.

In a match between Barca and Madrid, there are no favourites. It does not matter how they have been faring.

I love '80s music, but in the dressing room, it tends to be more lively!

I don't want to be in the public eye so much that you reach the point where everyone has an opinion about you.

Evolution is all about looking forward.

You try to do the best for your club, and you also create relationships and friendships - with Neymar, my relationship is really strong.

When I can talk about my teammates who help make me a better player, or even the coach who gave me the self-confidence to continue being who I am, these are fundamental people who have had an influence throughout my life and my professional career, and I'm very thankful to them, and they know it.

I think when people say Madrid are playing well and Barca are not and vice-versa, or when one wins the Champions League, it's better than the other, I don't think that makes sense. Everyone takes their own path.

To have the chance to win the treble is very good and rare.

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona is very big.

Real Madrid are such an immense team - a big, big club.

There comes a point when you realise that you're storming forward, that you can beat anyone, and this is what has ended up winning us the league and putting us in two finals.

I think Jurgen Klopp is doing a great job at Liveprool. The style of play is the opposite of Guardiola.

When you're playing for a great team like Madrid, with a lot of pressure because you have to win every game, it's a difficult life.

If you stop now and start to realise what you have achieved, then you start to relax, and you start to lose. I don't think about everything I have achieved. I will do it when I retire because then I will have a lot of days to remember.

I know that there are many people who are hoping that things don't go well for me.

I remember, when I arrived in England, a lot of people said that my style of play was not for England.

Shakira has a very great career, knows a lot, and has taught me a lot. She came into my life to transform it, and that makes me very happy.

I am proud to have been part of a Sir Alex Ferguson team.

I was 17 years old and missed many things about Barcelona, particularly the food. Fortunately, Sir Alex Ferguson realised my situation and helped me to grow. For me, the gaffer was like a second father.