Julen Lopetegui

If you ask me what is going to happen in a month or a year, I can't tell you. We're focused on the present.

No player puts the team on their back.

I've never met a player like Leo Messi.

I've never seen and nor do I think I will ever see someone with Messi's consistency.

I don't like individual awards because this is a team sport, and the coaches try to promote the collective.

Football unites, and no one can use a football platform for political means.

Football is unpredictable.

It doesn't hurt to hear talk about the Spain national team.

I am a follower of the Spain team. I think I did things correct, with the greatest honesty, always under the premise that I would say yes to Real Madrid.

I said yes to Real Madrid while keeping my responsibility to the national team. I was completely honest.

In difficult moments, champions come through, and not by listening to what is being said.

The only recipe is hard work, persistence, and belief.