The Bundesliga is very attractive, and I always watched Bayern games as a kid because it's a very big club.
— James Rodriguez
With time, you learn to be calmer.
I think having kids is really something so beautiful.
The most important thing is to try and help the team.
I try to improve every day so that things go well. You must keep training strongly every day.
I have a great deal of respect for other clubs and admire the good football they play, but ultimately, Real Madrid are Real Madrid.
Bayern is an amazing club - I can imagine playing here for many years.
I would love to play in Spain. It would be a dream to play there, as we are talking about the best league in the world.
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.
If you want to learn and to become somebody, you must sacrifice some things.
I've said in the past that I'd like to play in Spain one day, because it is a league that is good technically and where you get a lot of touches on the ball, which is my style.
To be alongside great stars is something really special. I hope I can get better, bit by bit.
I was always a Real Madrid fan. I always followed them and always dreamed about being here.
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, you can win or lose. We always have to be together, with the same spirit we've always had.
I just want to play week in, week out.
The fans want a nice game, and when not everything goes so well, they have every right to boo.
I only try to play good soccer.
What the not-so-good moments gave me at Real Madrid, I think they helped me grow.
Some people think that your life changes for the worse when you become a father, but on the contrary, when my daughter was born, she brought light and joy into my life.
Players at the top level have to be ready for everything.
I believe all the fans want to see nice football, and when things do not go for you, they have the right to whistle.
It's really flattering to know that a club of Real Madrid's stature is interested in me.
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.
When you play and have the support of everyone, it makes a difference.
In football, there is always friction, collisions, contact. But I am used to that.
In a big club, you always want to win titles.
It's true I play a little deeper for Real Madrid. I can push a little further forward for Colombia.
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.
I always idolized Zidane.
Messi is from another planet.
Bayern Munich is as big a club as Real Madrid, if not even bigger.
Zidane takes care of every player, and I have always tried to give my best.
Any player would want to be involved in games against Argentina.
You always dream to have a great World Cup.
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.
I have been playing soccer since I was about four years old. You always hope you can reach the top of the profession, that you can play in the big leagues and achieve all of the goals you hope to accomplish throughout your life.
Every time you go out to play, you must give everything, even though some days things do not go for you.
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.
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.
I prefer Real Madrid to Barcelona.
It was always my dream to play for Real Madrid, and I'm going to go on living it because I'm staying.
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.
I can play as a No. 8, a No. 10, out wide. Wherever I play, I'll be happy, I'm sure.
I feel more comfortable where I play for Colombia because I like to be closer to the goal; that works better for me. I can score and pass from there. But as a player, I have to be prepared to play in any position.
I'll play where the gaffer decides: in the middle, on the right, or on the left.
Carlos Valderrama was the one I admired most, really. At the time, he was a top player, and I had a lot of admiration for him. I met him once, and he's a great person, someone who provided the country with a lot of joy. He was a very intelligent footballer who could create something out of nothing as well as score goals.
There are always bad games and bad afternoons.
You have to go to your limit to progress.
I try every day to grow more and to help the team so we can do well.
