Top 35 James Rodriguez Quotes

I was always a Real Madrid fan. I always followed them and always dreamed about being here.

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.

It’s true I play a little deeper for Real Madrid. I can push a little further forward for Colombia.

Bayern are like Real Madrid – a club at the highest level. They always want to win titles and are used to always having to win. Without question, Bayern is a top club.

I think I am someone who is happy playing football. It is just that. Whenever I go onto the pitch, I always try and be happy. That is the big motivation that I have always had. Nothing else.

It’s really flattering to know that a club of Real Madrid’s stature is interested in me.

You always dream to have a great World Cup.

With time, you learn to be calmer.

Players at the top level have to be ready for everything.

The most important thing is to try and help the team.

The game in Spain is more about technique and about getting more touches on the ball. That’s why I like it so much.

In football, there is always friction, collisions, contact. But I am used to that.

I try every day to grow more and to help the team so we can do well.

Bayern is an amazing club – I can imagine playing here for many years.

You have to go to your limit to progress.

In a big club, you always want to win titles.

I only try to play good soccer.

Any player would want to be involved in games against Argentina.

Bayern Munich is as big a club as Real Madrid, if not even bigger.

What the not-so-good moments gave me at Real Madrid, I think they helped me grow.

Playing for Real Madrid is my life’s dream. It’d be a privilege to play alongside so many stars. If it happened, I’d enjoy it to the max.

Ancelotti is a great coach, and we talk often.

To be alongside great stars is something really special. I hope I can get better, bit by bit.

I’ve liked Real Madrid since the days when Zidane, the Brazilian Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, and Fernando Hierro were around. I’ve been following them religiously since then.

I always idolized Zidane.

If you want to learn and to become somebody, you must sacrifice some things.

I basically live for the game. You constantly have to train yourself and take care of your well-being – your mind and your body. In the morning, I usually train. In the afternoon, I do everything I need to do in order to remain physically healthy. Basically, that is my entire day until about 6 or 7 P.M.

When you play and have the support of everyone, it makes a difference.

I believe all the fans want to see nice football, and when things do not go for you, they have the right to whistle.

I prefer Real Madrid to Barcelona.

Everyone who is close to me knows how I act and that I always look to take good care of myself.

I try to improve every day so that things go well. You must keep training strongly every day.

In football, you can win or lose. We always have to be together, with the same spirit we’ve always had.

When you get kicked, you must know that the response is to play better. That is the way I have always thought. That is an extra motivation for me to play better.

I just want to play week in, week out.