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maybe someone's don't like me because
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I'm maybe I'm too good I don't follow
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the records the records follow me in my
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mind I'm always the
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best the talents is is part of of me but
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if you don't work the talent you're
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never going to achieve that things that
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I'm achieve so I try to do my things uh
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to improve myself in the training uh
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specific specifically in the games
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because this is the most important thing
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so I always try to to improve something
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season by season our mind it's it's a
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box of surprises and you have to
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challenge yourself to be
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consistent I repeat sometimes it's hard
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it's what many people say um you like to
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go to the gym every day of course no
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it's not true nobody like to go to the
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gym every day but you have to to do it
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your mental strength is coming from that
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from that moments that in a hard
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moments you know you should do it so and
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I do it because after that maybe in the
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beginning you feel hard to start but
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after when you finish the gym or cold
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lunch or or even the training you will
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feel better we all saw the huge
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potential that he had and he came over
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and his first thought was to entertain
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and we wanted to win and we knew that
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with him in our team if he had end
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product we had a far better chance of of
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being successful we are not happy every
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day we are you know not in a good mood
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every day it's normal it's part of it's
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part of us I fight against that it's the
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big challenge it's when you're not
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willing to do something but you have to
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do it this is is the main point do you
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think what Makes You Different to the
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others to the next rung on the ladder if
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you like a very good players is the
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dedication level that you put in I think
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I'm good but I think my
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man strength it's my mind I think uh
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it's my strongest point it's my mind P
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the the numbers they don't like if you
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see during the last 15 years my my level
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is always kind of the same so
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effort dedication work hard because the
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talent is not enough anymore and if you
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not dedicate
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100% you're not going to reach the level
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that you want nobody's perfect we failed
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too many
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times uh we have so many uncertainty in
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our life that we have to be capable when
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we are down to step up it's it's part of
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the journey it's part of the process
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it's part of our education patient in my
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case I learn the most when I'm down and
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it's good that this certain moments
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happen because when you are in the top
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of the wave you don't see under what's
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what's going on I'm always say to my
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friends it's good to have problems it's
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the only way that you can improve the
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secret is dedication and hard work you
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know to be able to to work 100% all the
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time uh this is if exist words it's this
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is is my secret is a legend is one of
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these big names that stays forever in in
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football history but the guy wants he he
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motivates himself with with numbers with
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new things he wants to win the gold ball
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x times and the Golden Boot x times and
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he wants to not just to play these Euros
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he's already thinking that he wants to
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play the next the next World Cup does he
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get angry when people say maybe Messi's
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better with that F I don't think so I
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don't think so I just think that um
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critics um motivates him I think he
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feels if people criticize me is because
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I am who I am and I I did what I did and
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I still try to do and he gets that as an
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extra
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motivation I think as an opponent you
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should be quiet and don't don't say a
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wrong word about him because that would
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be always a motivation for him I think
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he's the player that everybody knows he
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he is and um and mentally really very
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very strong once again as you say it's
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Cristiano Ronaldo and it's controversy
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once again why is it always the case
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with you I don't know why uh maybe some
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ones don't like me but because I'm maybe
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I'm too good it is what it is the life
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is it's completely
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difficult we have obstacles in our lives
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and um I will keep running to fight
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against the people who don't believe me
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and the life is a challenge and I want
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to people the people that they are wrong
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I'm there every morning I do the same
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stuff I'm probably the first ones to
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arrive and the last ones to to go out
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it's great this has given me motivation
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to to still work hard and better
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in my job but I have to say uh to be in
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my shoes is not easy uh but I'm not I'm
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not complaining I just I just want to
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say that I'm feel happy uh all this
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happen because the reason the reason is
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I'm unbelievable inside the pitch this
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is why the people have so much
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interesting on me are you the best
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footballer in the world right now I
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think so yes in my mind I'm always the
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best I I don't care what the people
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thinking what they say in my mind not
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just this year but always I'm always the
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best I'm always going to say that
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because you I think we have to thinking
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we are the best in our our area so in my
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area I think I'm the best is there
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anything that lonel Messi is better than
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you ask it's opinions I respect the
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opinions maybe in your opinion mess is
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better than me but in my mind I'm better
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than him so it's simple is that rivalry
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a good thing for me rival don't exist
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the means of this world is not don't
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exist Rivals is in a war this is it we
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have a rivals in football no it's it's
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just a game I think the numbers they say
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everything I don't need to say I'm I'm
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minister of football I'm a legend the
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numbers say everything so this is I'm
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very comfortable CH Cristiano Ronaldo
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those two those two just keep pushing
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each other on pushing the boundaries of
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greatness exactly and would they have
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been that's the question that I always
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ask myself would they have been able to
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do this and keep this up the
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relentlessness that they've shown
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without each other would if there was
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out on their own no one else around
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would they continue to have done this
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that's the question I they probably do
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add to the motivation yeah 100% I think
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all the great Sportsmen in the world
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have always had that someone else to to
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feed off and I think this is another
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great rivalry in football they don't
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talk about it there's a seems like
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there's a bit of respect between them
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they don't ever mention each other
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really but they're just phenomenal to
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watch and people trying can make
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comparisons of who's better Etc just
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enjoy him man how much has lonel Messi
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pushed you to become a better player I'm
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pushed on myself I don't need other
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players to push
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myself I just work since I was in
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sporting so I push my myself all the
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time to be the best as I say many times
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in my opinion I'm the best because I
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think we we have to think like that not
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just in my job but you have to think in
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your job you you are the best reporter
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or the and I'm thinking like that if I'm
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not thinking like that I'm not going to
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be stronger than I that I think I am but
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you also love individual Awards they
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matter to
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you it's part of my sacrifice my
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obsession to win to have success you
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know when I mean when I say success it's
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I work for that Talent is not enough you
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have to I dedicate myself so much that
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this is part of me records is part of me
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I don't follow the records the records
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follow me which is is different you
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addicted to winning yes I am I'm
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addicted to the success because I that's
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the thing that really drives you yes I
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think so and I think it's not something
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bad I think it's good is motivate me if
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you're not if something that motivated
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it's better you know to stop we shared
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this Stage 15 years me and him I don't
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know if it's ever happened in football
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the same two guys in the same stage all
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the time so so it's not easy as as you
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know uh and of course we have a good
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relationship we have that battle the
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last 15 years which is good he pushed me
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and I push him as well so it's good to
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be in to be part of history of football
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I'm there and of course he's there as
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well when I was at Manchester United and
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you think who was that person who had a
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massive impact on the club while they
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were there and and you can't look no
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further than Cristiano um and you talk
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about mindset I don't know a stronger
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more determined um obsessed player um
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that I'd share the changing with because
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it was just phenomenal why we don't
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believe that we can do it better you
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have to believe you have to be positive
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to try to change things the only give
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UPS the guys who is weak mentally this
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is why I mentioned in in the beginning
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new here you have to implant that in
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your mind that we have we are capable to
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change things
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well my my best works is dedication and
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hard work to achieve these kind of
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things you need to work hard and you
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know be a great professional be serious
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in your job and this is what I tried to
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do been um great debate over the last
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few years with him and Messi but I think
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over the last 6 months I think he's gone
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on to another level I think he's out
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there on his own the way he started the
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World Cup the way he finished last
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season uh how many times can we said
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about him his Improvement his attitude
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and I think a lot of it is not natural
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ability for Rando as brilliant as he is
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I think it's just sheer hard work
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determination desire courage he's got a
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lot of Courage wants to get in there
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he's Brave I've said it before the guy's
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a genius this difference between making
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it because of talent and making it
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because of work ethic you said to me you
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felt like an enormous percentage of your
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success has come from work ethic and
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that there's sort of an unfair
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perception maybe of you of just being
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hyper Talent wanted and that's where all
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the success comes from to be honest I
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think both have to work in the same time
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because Talent without work is nothing
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and work without Talent is nothing too
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so I think the both mix up uh so and of
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course I have I have two I'm not will
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say that I have more one than the other
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one because if you see
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my my old career for the last 20
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years my level was high and this is as
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you can know it's really tough not only
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in in a football but in any area if you
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are top for 20 years is is unbelievable
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my biggest motivation is to carry on to
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still enjoy to make people happy to make
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my family happy so for me I I have both
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talent and work headache but the fact is
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is that he has shown that it's not just
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ability it is hard work and he seems to
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be getting the fruits of all the hard
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work that he's put in down the years he
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looks like somebody he will not put
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anything that's not going to benefit him
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in inside his body for example you
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arrive home you had a lunch you do it a
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quick nap and you wake up you play with
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your kids and I have to do I have to go
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to the gym
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at least 30 40 minutes but this will
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make the difference in the end of the
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day you understand if you you not do it
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that that work you miss one the next day
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if you it's two sessions that you lost
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and I know in the end of the day in a
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hand they going to make a huge
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difference this is why I'm 34 and I look
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28 every year is a challenge for me to
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be better than last year so I know it's
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it's tough last year was amazing two
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years ago was amazing too so my job is
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to continue to work hard and dedicate
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myself 100% in my job and win trophies
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you know Collective and individual
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too he said let's go and having a lunch
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after training go to his house you know
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he was few people on the table I look at
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it it was just some salad plain white
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chicken no juice just water so we have a
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food quickly a lunch and after that he
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said let's go in the garden and play two
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touch I said chrisan we just finished so
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we go playing two touch after that let's
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go for swim after that let's have a Sona
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jacuzzi I was like crisano why you we
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didn't stay at the training room so
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that's why I said Cristiano deserve
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everything he got right now so I'm
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really happy for him and he deserve he
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deserve because he works so hard and
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he's a machine he R beat him in front of
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everyone so we scream and Cristiano was
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so angry he sent his C on bio tennis
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Table after two week he back and he beat
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he beat Rio in front of all of us so
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that's Cristiano Ronaldo he don't want
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to lose any game the discipline is the
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most difficult thing not only in the
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sports but in the life I give you the
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map you are willing to do that yeah it's
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the main the main point because everyone
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wants to be Christian
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but I give you the map you think you
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will do with that
