Great Article

[the greatest]

On the mentality of a champion 

 

http://www.sport-english.com/en/news/barca/exclusive-ivan-rakitic-you-cant-enjoy-barca-dont-know-where-you-will-enjoy-yourself-4943378

Barcelona won the Champions League(European tournament were all the top european clubs face each other), La Liga(The Spanish league where they play face Real Madrid), and the Copa del Rey(Spanish league knock out tournament).. Last year and are the favorites to repeat the Treble this year(consistency at the highest level)

 

 

"Is the objective to be the first to win back-to-back Champions Leagues in the modern era? 

[Smiles] The truth, I tell you with all sincerity, is that our objective is to win each game, to be at a very high level. In the dressing room when it’s not a Champions League game, we don’t talk about the Champions League, we talk about what’s coming next. We know where we have to go. It’s an objective, of course, but it’s an objective because it’s a competition we’re doing well in, not because we won it last season and now we want to win it again. No, we want to win it always. With all respect to the other teams, we always want to be at 100 percent. We want to win always. 

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Is winning a drug? 

Yes - and you always want more. You always want to improve. You don’t just want to win, you want to get better in the next game. When we say we want to improve and people say what? Well, a lot of things. 

Like what? 

Like on Sunday when Sevilla took the lead. 

But the rival also plays… 

Of course, but you want it for yourself, not for your rival. You don’t want to give them anything. You want them to do the minimum damage, of course, which is almost impossible, but you always aim for that. You want more, to be better… you want to fight - even for a throw in. You want it to be yours, not the other teams. When you reach that, you feel good."