Quotes About Madrid

Real Madrid wanted me to join their academy. It was a big decision to move when I was 15. It's a key age for a youngster, and you're close to your friends and family. But I moved to Madrid, and my family stayed at home. It made me mature earlier than normal. That was a very big decision, and it changed me in a positive way.

The sitting prime minister, Jose Aznar, who had strongly backed the U.S.-led Iraq War, was unseated by a challenger who then pulled Spanish troops out of Iraq. The Madrid terrorist attacks are generally regarded as being the key to why Aznar, who had been leading in the polls, was defeated.

I feel at home in Madrid. I have always felt important, wanted, and trusted by everyone here.

The year Alicia Gris arrived in Madrid, her mentor and puppet master Leandro Montalvo taught her that to keep your sanity, you must have a place in the world where you can lose yourself if necessary. That place, that last refuge, is a small annex of the soul, and when the world reverts to its absurd comedy, you can always run there, lock yourself in, and throw away the key.

El año en que Alicia Gris llegó a Madrid, su mentor y titiritero, Leandro Montalvo, le enseñó que cualquiera que aspire a conservar su sano juicio necesita de un lugar en el mundo en el que pueda y desee perderse.

Messi is phenomental but in my opinion, Cristiano is a special player because he does everything for Madrid.

If Milan agrees to let me go, and if there's an agreement between the clubs, I would love to play for Madrid.

En casa hubo un disgusto muy serio con la marcha de Socorrito. -¡Si por lo menos se hubiera ido de Madrid! – decía su hermano Paco, que tenía un concepto geográfico del honor.

I think it's something great to win the Champions League with Madrid; it's something special to be at a club that wants to win something, and I hope we can win it again.

I feel really sorry for the way I left Madrid, but the fans don't always understand what happens in these cases.

Madrid are a great club and were the challenge I sought after my long and successful Bayern career.

I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.

The longer you stay in Madrid, the more you realise what this club means to people - not just in the city but also elsewhere in Spain and around the world. No matter where we played, we'd see our fans. No matter whether we played a Clasico or a small cup game, the Bernabeu would be full.

'El Gordo' is the name given to the oldest lottery jackpot in the world - and the richest. Held every year in Madrid on December 22, the Christmas Lottery culminates with the picking of the El Gordo number, the Fat One, which, for many, has become the true Christmas miracle in Spain.

It happened to me many times: I had some ugly moments at Madrid, but it all changed, and when I left Madrid, in the end I was much loved.

Messi is unbelievable, but Ronaldo does it on his own. In Madrid, he has to score the goals and create them.

I love Spanish cities, particularly Barcelona, Madrid and Palma, which has the most amazing cathedral that I once went to for a wedding.

The dream of everyone is playing in Spain, Madrid, or Barcelona.

If I return to Spain someday, Atletico Madrid would be one of my top choices without doubt. It is a club that I have a lot of affection for.

Iker is a player who is part of Madrid. He's an institution, both in this club and in Spain.

In Spain, we always talk about Madrid and Barca for the title and that is normal because they are the two teams with the most history.

I never played in Spain. To play for Real Madrid or Barcelona would be great.

When you play against a Spanish team, especially Madrid, it is quite an open game.

Del Bosque was axed by Madrid for failing to retain the Champions League in 2003 but his sacking triggered the start of a spell when they won nothing for four years and failed to get beyond the Champions League's last 16.