Quotes from Casemiro

If you have a good midfield, you have a good team.

It's an immense pride for me to be captain of the national team.

My teammates and the coaching team know that they can count on me.

I enjoy sacrificing myself for my teammates.

Making excuses is not my profile or that of Madrid.

Busquets is a great player. I have many things to learn from him: how he shapes the game from the back, his positioning, the balance he provided in the midfielder.

Real Madrid are obliged to win always - this jersey makes it an obligation.

The shirt doesn't win you the game.

We all want to win as many trophies as possible.

That's one of the core qualities at Real Madrid - you've got to be able to win all the time.

Winning is important to give us confidence and assessing how the team is doing.

You have to respect Zidane, he's in the history of football.

Casemiro has to cover the gaps left by the midfielders.

Casemiro has to cover the gaps left by everyone. That's balance for me; to make sure the game doesn't go mad.

Casemiro has to cover the gaps left by the full-backs.

My goal is robbing the ball.

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

When you are a starting Real Madrid player, you have to think big. Think of the Ballon d'Or, FIFA's World XI.

All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.

At Real Madrid there is always pressure to win.

When I left Porto, I knew that I wanted to return to Real Madrid and play.

Real Madrid have to be at their best in every single training session and every single game.

Being bold in the shirt of Real Madrid is not easy.

I'm going to play in the first team of Real Madrid.