"They say I have no life": Ronaldo reveals how his friends react to his passion for training

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he still loves training and feels a deep passion for football, although his friends are quite skeptical about it. He shared these thoughts in an interview with Canal 11.

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"I still like training. Is it the same as I felt when I was 20? No, it's not the same. But I still feel the passion. Of doing a finishing training, of being there competing with others, left foot, right foot. I still like it. And it's strange, there are a lot of my friends who say ‘you have no life’", Ronaldo confessed.

Cristiano remains completely obsessed with football and takes his fitness and recovery extremely seriously. Even on his birthday, he dedicated part of his day to recovery—he shared a photo of himself lying on a couch with special cryocompression boots on both legs.

Ronaldo also acknowledged that he knows his career will come to an end soon, though he isn't sure exactly when: "I know it will end. In a year, or two, or three. I don't know. And I don't care either."