Keylor Navas shared something that only a former dressing-room teammate could tell. For years, he shared the pitch with Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid, and he assured that he never saw him relax.
“I never saw Cristiano take a penalty as a joke or do anything without taking it seriously. He always pursued excellence, and if he missed a free kick or something, he wasn’t happy”, Navas confessed.
For Navas, that constant obsession with excellence is what explains why Cristiano got so far.
Making it clear that perfection was not an occasional goal, but a daily habit that gave no respite even in the most informal moments.