Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018: “To be honest, winning trophies later on in my career has become a different kind of emotion. Especially in these last two years. At Madrid, if you don’t win everything, other people consider it a failure. This is the expectation of greatness. This is my job.”

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1. While surfing online, I found this great piece by Ronaldo.

   Cristiano was in his last year of Real Madrid journey when he posted his thoughts on Players Tribune talking about various things, but the thing which stick to me the most was this.

   > “At first, winning trophies was very emotional for me. I remember when I won my first Champions League trophy at Manchester, it was an overwhelming feeling. Same thing with my first Ballon d’Or. But my dreams kept getting bigger. That’s the point of dreams, right? I had always admired Madrid, and I wanted a new challenge. I wanted to win trophies at Madrid, and break all the records, and become a club legend.”

   Then about the Real Madrid expectations:

   > “Over the past eight years, I have achieved incredible things at Madrid. But to be honest, winning trophies later on in my career has become a different kind of emotion. Especially in these last two years. At Madrid, if you don’t win everything, other people consider it a failure. This is the expectation of greatness. This is my job”

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   Now, this is by far the most obsessed and winning driven sportsperson in world history imo.. If this guy is saying this about Madrid then imagine what a toll this shirt wears on our players.

   This is why winning with Madrid is so impressive because the pressures is off the roofs.. When Madrid wins, they are relieved not joyed, because it was never expected to lose.

   Hala Madrid!