Top 66 Raul Quotes

What brought me here was a desire to keep playing and the exciting project the Cosmos proposed to me. As well as being able to play, which is my passion and what I like doing, they also gave me the chance to help develop a youth academy, where I can bring my experience and knowledge to bear.

I like to work in a team. And for that you must have a structure that covers everything and that there is fluid communication.

I’m happy with, and proud of, everything I’ve achieved – of each game and each goal that helped the teams I played for.

Schalke was a beautiful experience for me.

Real Madrid is my home and if I have the opportunity to go back and do something important, or something that really appeals to me, I’ll do it.

It’s important to get match rhythm.

I believe that soccer in the United States lacks an idol and they should do everything possible to create one.

I’ve always wanted to live in America with my family and learn more about its culture.

The key is to be the best-prepared possible and that is my commitment to the club.

I believe that patience is fundamental in football. It is difficult as sometimes patience is not there. You must have a clear idea and a path you want to take.

I love playing games, but also training.

I was at Madrid for 17 years and, save for Vicente del Bosque and Jose Mourinho, I never saw any coaches stay for many years.

It’s a city that we have always liked. Who doesn’t like New York? When you are here you do feel a bit more anonymous. Obviously, you still find people who recognize you, but it’s nice to be able to go out and walk around and have it be a normal experience.

I was close to joining Seattle Sounders when I left Schalke in 2012, but we decided to go to Qatar first.

Harry Kane is a typical striker. He scores in every single game. I think he has great qualities. I like him a lot.

The things you learn when you’re young you don’t forget.

When you change coach it’s because things have not gone well.

I think it’s important to work with children and teach them the right way to train and play at a young age.

I could imagine playing for Fortuna.

In my head the word surrender has never existed, because that is what Real Madrid is about.

You need to take care of yourself, have a good diet, rest sufficiently and have a lot of enthusiasm.

You must believe in the players, their quality, and send the message that working together it was easy to win the Champions League and difficult for anyone to beat you.

All kids have the dream of becoming a professional soccer player, but to become that you need so many things. You have to have talent, be hard working, have support, have discipline. You also have to have ability, physical and technical, and understand the game.

I have always been there to help the team, sometimes coming off the bench, other times as a starter.

Real Madrid is a very big club and bad results generate controversy.

I think Cristiano and Lionel Messi are two of the best players in the history of the game. Are they better than Pele or Diego Maradona? They are at the top, but I think it is difficult in football to say who is first or second or third.

What Cristiano has been doing is huge, but Madrid have a great team with players who can still offer more. The important things is that they keep working as a unit.

Never mind a year, if you don’t win one game, it can become a complicated week! Yes, that’s life at Real Madrid.

Everyone throughout the soccer world knows the Cosmos name and the legacy of the players that played for this team previously. They helped establish soccer in America and I’m honored to follow in their footsteps.

When I go five games without a goal, there’s always a debate. Everything else that I do on the pitch is never valued.

I speak with a lot of players who have stopped playing and they go to the gym for two hours a day and say ‘now I run 10km a day.’ When they were still playing they would complain about running for 10 minutes!

I believe it’s important to have a sporting director – someone to facilitate the communication between the club and the squad, and work on its planning. But not just at Madrid, at all teams.

When I left Real, I left a great club but joined a great club.

Playing on turf sometimes, not grass, makes it a little bit more difficult.

It’s not for me to give anybody advice about their private life.

If you are lucky enough to avoid serious injuries then the body goes on; it’s the mind that gives in. And it’s the mind that you need to enable you to suffer pre-season every year.

Football has been my life and Real Madrid my home and together we have lived unique moments.

Pogba is a player that Madrid would love to have – as would any team.

I think that the message Zidane has to offer will get through to the players, because he was a world-class player.

I love to play, but to coach is very different.

I’m fortunate to have a great family.

My time in New York has been amazing.

Being a Real Madrid player is the greatest dream you can imagine.

It is clear that Schalke is a special club and it is because of their fans.

Schalke, for me, is a great adventure, and I wanted to experience new sensations away from Real Madrid.

The European leagues and teams are more competitive, very technical. It was good to work in Qatar – a good experience for me for the future. In the U.S.A., the teams and the players are improving every season.

It was only a matter of time until my records fell.

I like to do things step by step.

The affection shown to me by the Schalke fans is extraordinary and unforgettable.

I was runner-up for the Ballon d’Or once and came third on another occasion. Could I have won it? Maybe. But I don’t care. Football is a team sport.

I got used to playing at half-empty stadiums at Al Sadd. There was no one in the stands in Qatar.

Messi has a unique talent, he plays alongside quality players like Xavi and Andres Iniesta. Cristiano is also a great player.

Seasons are 10 months long and what matters is to get to the last two to three months in your best form.

Having a successful career as a player does not ensure that you will be a good coach, I have to prepare myself.

Contrary to what many say, Real are a unit. Individual brilliance is always a last resort.

A player does not make a team.

From the time when I started out, the best players around then were Roberto Baggio and Ryan Giggs.

I was lucky enough to play with Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo, Cristiano… but Messi is different; he makes everything look so easy, so effortless – even the impossible.

I do not rule out any position in football. Not even the president.

I respect the decisions other players make but my life has always been about playing and all the rest of it did not really interest me.

A champion’s thirst for titles should be insatiable.

This is Real Madrid. You have to win titles every year. And if you don’t? Oof, it’s complicated.

My departure from Madrid was my own choice. I had one year left on my contract, but I decided to go for a new professional experience, so I joined Schalke. I have no problem with the club and our rapport is good.

Punctuality and showing respect in the workplace are the foundations of success. Success is meaningless without them. I’m always looking to pass these lessons on to younger players, because they are the secret of excelling and developing your game.

Every season is very difficult.

I’ve devoted my life to doing what I love: playing football.