That is football. In the end, all clubs spend money.
— David de Gea
When a club the size of Manchester United comes in for you, it obviously makes you very, very happy.
To be fair, when you are really young, you don't think about the future too much. You just want to play with your friends. When you get older, you start to dream about being there, about being at a top team, so of course it's a dream to be at a team like Manchester United.
I'm a big fan of the PlayStation, so I spend quite a bit of time doing that.
Everyone who works for Manchester respected me. I tried to help, and I am very grateful to them.
It is great that a goalkeeper as good as Iker has said that I could be the best of them all.
Football is cruel at times; it's difficult. When things go well, you're very good, and when they go badly, well, it's awful.
English football is different, especially for a goalkeeper. It's more aggressive, more physical. It's far, far harder. The ball is in the air more, and you get pushed about. And the referees don't blow anything!
It is unbelievable, the fans in China.
You don't have time to think about things that aren't as important as football and the points that are at stake in the games that we have to win and do well in.
Everyone knows Iker Casillas. We have all followed him being at the top level for so many years. What he has done for the national team is something impossible to equal. But I try and learn from him when we are there,and train the best I can.
It's all about getting your head down, focusing, working hard, competing in training, keeping fit, and picking up points.
When you see Zlatan up close, he's even more imposing than on the television. Zlatan is very, very big, very strong, and his control of the ball is incredible. It can seem like he's not there, and then he goes and scores the decisive goal.
With any coach, you have a lot of respect for him, but it is difficult to be their friend.
Normally, I never listen to the people who speak about me.
I don't obsess over mistakes, because they do happen, so I just keep working and training hard. I just keep helping the team, which is key.
I think the first attacker has the ball, starts from the back, you can see everything, and you have to play with the feel of a midfielder, not a goalkeeper.
It's difficult to say with words what Manchester United means for me. For anyone. It's amazing to play for this club, with the history of this club, for the fans, for everything. It's amazing to be part of this club.
Eric Steele was a great goalkeeping coach who always looked after me, and I will remember that.
I like lots of different sport, and I was always the type of lad that plays a lot of sport as well. I've played basketball; I'm not bad at tennis.
It certainly helps that I'm quite a relaxed guy and I take things in my stride, and if you hear the odd murmur of criticism, you just stay focused on your job and doing what you're working hard to do. I've always been confident in my own ability, and that's just as important.
You have to keep working and try to improve in every training session.
Being the Manchester United goalkeeper is one of the most difficult jobs in football when you look at the size of the club and the goalkeepers who have been here before. There is a lot of pressure on you, but I have worked hard to cope with that.
Mistakes are normal; everyone makes them.
The style is the same at all levels, which facilitates things: bring the ball out from the back, keep possession, work gaps to create chances. It's like that from the Under-15s all the way through. That's the Spanish way, and it has triumphed.
I always try to do my best.
What matters is the team and all of us being focused on what we need to focus on, which is winning games, rather than contracts or any topics that can be a distraction. What matters is focusing on football.
When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.
It's normal to have early difficulties when you get a new manager with a new concept.
In another country, at another club, the fans would not be the same as at Manchester United.
The criticism I received only served to make me a stronger person.
When it comes to United, if you don't win everything, it's not good enough.
I'm lucky enough to be mentally strong, which I think is fundamental for a goalkeeper.
Always, even with the U17s in Spain, U19s, we play from the back, and we try to improve on that a lot. So I always enjoy having the ball at my feet.
It's a great privilege to be part of a club like United, and I'm keen to do my best and show what I can do.
We are Manchester United: we are one of the biggest clubs in the world, and we are going to try to win everything, of course.
I like watching films, going out for a bite to eat and drink, and some shopping.
I had a lot of tough times, and I know what it is. We must move forward, working equally and always strong.
I am a guy who likes to put the bad things and difficult times behind me.
I have worked hard in the gym lifting heavy weights and doing a lot of exercises.
You have to be as strong when things go wrong, but I don't get nervous.
We are Manchester United, and we want to fight for everything.
It's unbelievable: the fans of Manchester United are one of the best in the world, and I feel the support of them.
All us players do that - looking to play, to fight for a place.
Being part of such a great club like Manchester United fills you with emotion, and you gradually realise how much the club means to the fans and the people who work here. They really live for the game, so that does become part of you, and you can only appreciate that having spent time here.
Of course, getting to be No. 1 keeper in the world is a tough ask because there are loads of goalkeepers out there and some very good ones, too. But I always try to give my very best to reach that standard.
I train every day to be the best goalkeeper in the world; that is my aim.
The time I spent on the bench helped me to reflect and think. It encouraged me to keep fighting and work.
Talk about Jose Mourinho, and you're talking about a winner.
At the end of the day, we're goalkeepers, and we live with making mistakes. We learn from a young age that you can make a mistake at any point.
