费迪南德新的podcast提到了C罗competitive的程度和对天赋/努力的想法。

主持人说我个人喜欢C罗但是梅西有天赋blabla（呕
费迪南德：
【这很有趣，因为我曾和克里斯蒂亚诺聊过这个。我说有些人觉得你必须付出更多的努力，大家因此会更欣赏和尊重你。但他把这当作一种侮辱。他的反应是：“哇哇哦，兄弟，如果没有天赋，你不可能成为我。”】

【从某种程度上说，他是完全正确的。他是在说：“别试图把我描述成一个只会埋头苦干的人，因为我不是。我确实努力工作，不遗余力地去做到最好，但仅靠一点点天赋是无法做到我所做的一切的。”】

【这种竞争心让他拥有了优势。甚至当我们还是队友时，更衣室里每天都有争论，争论谁对谁错，他必须永远是对的。无论打乒乓球还是赛前热身踢“两触球”，如果他输了，他整个人都会“炸毛”。他一直都非常有竞争力，但他对更衣室来说很棒，带来了巨大的能量。】

太棒太那个了这就是我家宝宝啊。他必须永远是对的[捂嘴哭]把这样的说法当成一种insult也完全完全完全typical him[泪]

原文：
It’s mad because I’ve spoken to Cristiano about this. I said, "Some people say you've had to work harder at it, and people appreciate and respect that more." He takes that as an insult, by the way. He’s like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, bro, you can't be me without the ability."
In one way, what he’s saying is completely right. He’s saying, "Don’t try and make me out to be just a 'worker,' because I ain't that. I do work hard, there’s no stone left unturned. I do everything to be the best, but you cannot do what I do with a little bit of ability."

That competitiveness gives him the edge. Even when we played, in the same team and dressing room, there were arguments most days. It was just about who’s right and who’s wrong—he had to be right. He could not be wrong. He just has to be right all the time. If we played table tennis or "two-touch" as warm-ups and he lost, his head would just fly off. He was just competitive all the time, but he was great for the changing room energy.