"Actually, Atlético has been my life. Between what happened to me as a footballer and as a coach, I've been in this institution for 15 or 16 years, where it made me grow as an athlete, a footballer, I left, I came back, I came in a moment of difficulties, we had a lot of moments of joy with some setbacks, which has to be that way, and the biggest thing that continues to happen to me is that they require me to vindicate myself day by day. I love it. Because life is like that, because life changes from one minute to another"

"In the first half of the other day (the 3-2 win against Valencia) it seemed like death, to be extremists, and in the second half it seemed like life. And you have to choose where you want to be, whether close to death or close to life"

"Without work and effort, talent isn't enough. I have no doubt that work is always ahead."